Noun: hircus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | hircus |
| Plural | hircī |
Genitive
| Singular | hircī |
| Plural | hircōrum |
Dative
| Singular | hircō |
| Plural | hircīs |
Accusative
| Singular | hircum |
| Plural | hircōs |
Ablative
| Singular | hircō |
| Plural | hircīs |
Vocative
| Singular | hirce |
| Plural | hircī |
Sample Sentences
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Sī cui iūre bonō sacer ālārum obstitit hircus,... (If ever a good fellow was justly affected with the vile stench of the armpits,...)
Nouns inflected like hircus
priāpismus,
scāpus,
servus,
cuneolus,
sargus,
saccus,
scarus,
scinus,
scopus,
illēgitimus,
sorbus,
sophus,
somnus,
Hispānus,
soccus,
sirpus,
siclus,
icterus,
cunīculus,
xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Unknown. As with other Indo-European words for “goat”, a reliable Proto-Indo-European etymon cannot be formally reconstructed. Nonetheless, compare Old High German irah, irh (“buck”), which Pokorny says is borrowed from the Latin. Possibly related to hirpus (“wolf”) and/or hirtus (“hairy, shaggy”); according to Pokorny, all three are from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).
2. Varro, in De Lingua Latina cites a Sabine form: fircus.
Verbs referencing "hircus"
Italian Nouns
irco, Catalan Nouns
herc, Russian Nouns
ирха, Polish Nouns
ircha, Czech Nouns
jircha.
Translations