crus

See also: Crus and crûs

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin crūs.

Noun

crus (plural crura)

1. The shin (tibia and fibula)
2. A leglike part; shank

Derived terms

• cerebral crus
• clitoral crus
• ischiocrural
• penile crus

Translations

The shin

• Bulgarian: пищял (bg) m (pištjal)
• Polish: podudzie (pl) n, goleń (pl) m

Etymology 2

Noun

crus

1. plural of cru

Anagrams

• RUCs, curs, rucs, scur, sucr-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkɾus]

Adjective

crus

1. masculine plural of cru

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁy/

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Etymology 1

Adjective

crus m pl

1. masculine plural of cru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

crus

1. first/second-person singular past historic of croire

Participle

crus m pl

1. masculine plural of cru

Latin

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱruH- based on Old Armenian սրունք (srunkʻ, “leg, shank”). However, other etymologies have been proposed for the Armenian word, such as a loan from Iranian *sraun- (cf. Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬌 (sraoni)) among others. Albanian kërci may also be a cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkruːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkrus]

Noun

crūs n (genitive crūris); third declension

1. leg
   • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 1.41:

     Ceteri crura brachiaque (nam pectus tegebatur) foede laniavere; pleraque vulnera feritate et saevitia trunco iam corpori adiecta.

     The rest foully tore apart his legs and arms (for his chest was covered); a great many wounds were put upon his body with fierceness and savagery, [even] after his head had been cut off.

   • Martialis, Epigrammata

     quod pectus, quod crura tibi, quod bracchia vellis

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	crūs	crūra
genitive	crūris	crūrum
dative	crūrī	crūribus
accusative	crūs	crūra
ablative	crūre	crūribus
vocative	crūs	crūra

Derived terms

• crūrālis (Late Latin)
• gallīcrūs

Descendants

• English: crus

Further reading

• “crus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "crus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “crus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “crus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norman

Verb

crus

1. first-person singular preterite of craithe

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾu(j)s/ [ˈkɾu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾu(j)s/ [ˈkɾu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾu(j)ʃ/ [ˈkɾu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾuʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal) -uʃ
• Homophones: cruz, Cruz
• Hyphenation: crus

Adjective

crus

1. masculine plural of cru