ictus

See also: ictūs

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ICTUSCategory:English unadapted borrowings from Latin#ICTUSCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ICTUS ictus (“a blow”), from īco (“to hit, strike”).

Pronunciation

singular
plural

Noun

ictus (plural ictus or ictuses or ictusses)Category:English lemmas#ICTUSCategory:English nouns#ICTUSCategory:English countable nouns#ICTUSCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#ICTUSCategory:English indeclinable nouns#ICTUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ICTUSCategory:Pages with entries#ICTUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ICTUS

  1. The pulse.
  2. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#ICTUS) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
  3. (prosodyCategory:en:Prosody#ICTUS) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.
  4. (musicCategory:en:Music#ICTUS) In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.

Usage notes

  • Rarely, the Latinate plural ictūs is found.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Category:English heteronyms#ICTUS Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#ICTUS

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#ICTUSCategory:Catalan learned borrowings from Latin#ICTUSCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ICTUS ictus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ictus m (plural ictusos)Category:Catalan lemmas#ICTUSCategory:Catalan nouns#ICTUSCategory:Catalan countable nouns#ICTUSCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ICTUSCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#ICTUSCategory:Pages with entries#ICTUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ICTUS

  1. (medicineCategory:ca:Medicine#ICTUS, musicCategory:ca:Music#ICTUS) ictus

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from LatinCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Latin#ICTUSCategory:Italian unadapted borrowings from Latin#ICTUSCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#ICTUS ictus (“a blow”), from the expression ictus apoplecticus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ictus m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#ICTUSCategory:Italian nouns#ICTUSCategory:Italian countable nouns#ICTUSCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#ICTUSCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ICTUSCategory:Italian masculine nouns#ICTUSCategory:Pages with entries#ICTUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ICTUS

  1. (pathologyCategory:it:Pathology#ICTUS) ictus, stroke
    Synonyms: infarto cerebrale, (familiar) colpo

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ī̆cō (“to strike”) +‎ -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs)Category:Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun)#ICTUS.

Noun

ictus m (genitive ictūs)Category:Latin lemmas#ICTUSCategory:Latin nouns#ICTUSCategory:Latin fourth declension nouns#ICTUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension#ICTUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ICTUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#ICTUSCategory:Pages with entries#ICTUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ICTUS; fourth declension

  1. a blow, stroke, stab, thrust, bite, sting
    Synonyms: vulnus, colaphus, pulsus, plāga
    1. a striking, playing on the lyre
    2. the stroke of a wing
    3. a stroke of lightning, lightning
      Synonyms: fulmen, fulgur
  2. (prosodyCategory:la:Prosody#ICTUS, musicCategory:la:Music#ICTUS) a beating time, a beat
  3. a beat of the pulse
  4. an attack, shot
    Synonyms: impetus, incursio, aggressio, impressiō, invasio, appetītus, assultus, occursio, oppugnātiō, incursus, concursus, vīs, petītiō, procella
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of ī̆cō.

Participle

ictus (feminine icta, neuter ictum)Category:Latin non-lemma forms#ICTUSCategory:Latin participles#ICTUSCategory:Latin perfect participles#ICTUSCategory:Latin first and second declension participles#ICTUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ICTUSCategory:Pages with entries#ICTUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ICTUS; first/second-declension participle

  1. hit, struck, blown
  2. stabbed, stung
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

Anagrams

Category:la:Violence#ICTUSCategory:la:Pain#ICTUS

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#ICTUSCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#ICTUS ictus or FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ICTUSCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ICTUS ictus.

Noun

ictus n (plural ictusuri)Category:Romanian lemmas#ICTUSCategory:Romanian nouns#ICTUSCategory:Romanian countable nouns#ICTUSCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ICTUSCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#ICTUSCategory:Pages with entries#ICTUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ICTUS

  1. (medicineCategory:ro:Medicine#ICTUS) ictus
  2. (prosodyCategory:ro:Prosody#ICTUS) ictus
  3. (musicCategory:ro:Music#ICTUS) ictus

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

ictus m (plural ictus)Category:Spanish lemmas#ICTUSCategory:Spanish nouns#ICTUSCategory:Spanish countable nouns#ICTUSCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ICTUSCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ICTUSCategory:Pages with entries#ICTUSCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ICTUS

  1. (medicineCategory:es:Medicine#ICTUS) stroke, ictus
    Synonym: derrame

Further reading

Category:Catalan countable nouns Category:Catalan learned borrowings from Latin Category:Catalan lemmas Category:Catalan masculine nouns Category:Catalan nouns Category:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin Category:Catalan terms derived from Latin Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation Category:English 2-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English heteronyms Category:English indeclinable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:English terms borrowed from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with homophones Category:English unadapted borrowings from Latin Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Italian 2-syllable words Category:Italian countable nouns Category:Italian indeclinable nouns Category:Italian lemmas Category:Italian masculine nouns Category:Italian nouns Category:Italian terms borrowed from Latin Category:Italian terms derived from Latin Category:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Italian unadapted borrowings from Latin Category:Latin 2-syllable words Category:Latin first and second declension participles Category:Latin fourth declension nouns Category:Latin lemmas Category:Latin masculine nouns Category:Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension Category:Latin non-lemma forms Category:Latin nouns Category:Latin participles Category:Latin perfect participles Category:Latin terms suffixed with -tus (action noun) Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Latin terms with quotations Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook Category:Pages with 6 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:Italian/iktus Category:Rhymes:Italian/iktus/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Spanish/iɡtus Category:Rhymes:Spanish/iɡtus/2 syllables Category:Romanian countable nouns Category:Romanian lemmas Category:Romanian neuter nouns Category:Romanian nouns Category:Romanian terms borrowed from French Category:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin Category:Romanian terms derived from French Category:Romanian terms derived from Latin Category:Spanish 2-syllable words Category:Spanish countable nouns Category:Spanish lemmas Category:Spanish masculine nouns Category:Spanish nouns Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Translation table header lacks gloss Category:ca:Medicine Category:ca:Music Category:en:Medicine Category:en:Music Category:en:Prosody Category:es:Medicine Category:it:Pathology Category:la:Music Category:la:Pain Category:la:Prosody Category:la:Violence Category:ro:Medicine Category:ro:Music Category:ro:Prosody