hiulcus

Latin

Etymology

From hiō (“yawn, gape”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiˈul.kus/, [hiˈʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈul.kus/, [iˈulkus]

Adjective

hiulcus (feminine hiulca, neuter hiulcum, adverb hiulcē); first/second-declension adjective

1. gaping, split, cleft, opened, open; cracked
2. (poetic) destroying, cleaving
3. (figuratively) not well connected, forming a hiatus, disconnected
4. (figuratively) eager, longing, desirous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hiulcus	hiulca	hiulcum		hiulcī	hiulcae	hiulca
Genitive	hiulcī	hiulcae	hiulcī		hiulcōrum	hiulcārum	hiulcōrum
Dative	hiulcō		hiulcō		hiulcīs
Accusative	hiulcum	hiulcam	hiulcum		hiulcōs	hiulcās	hiulca
Ablative	hiulcō	hiulcā	hiulcō		hiulcīs
Vocative	hiulce	hiulca	hiulcum		hiulcī	hiulcae	hiulca

Synonyms

• (eager, desirous): appetēns, avidus, cupiēns, cupidus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “desirous, eager”): incūriōsus, neglegēns

Derived terms

• hiulcē
• hiulcō

References

• “hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hiulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hiulcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.