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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

corpus.

body; person, self; virility; flesh; corpse; trunk; frame(work); collection/sum; substantial/material/concrete object/body; particle/atom; corporation, guild;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkɔr.pʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔr.pus]
  1. body, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person")

    declension-3 · neuter
  2. substance, material (physical, perceptible to the senses)

    declension-3 · neuter
  3. the flesh of an animal's body

    declension-3 · neuter
  4. a corpse

    declension-3 · neuter
  5. the trunk or shaft of something

    declension-3 · neuter
  6. the wood under the bark of a tree

    declension-3 · figuratively · neuter
  7. a corpus (collection of writings by a single author or addressing a certain topic)

    Medieval-Latin · declension-3 · neuter
  8. person, individual

    declension-3 · metonymically · neuter
  9. a frame, body, system, structure, community, corporation

    declension-3 · metonymically · neuter
  10. a physical object, a body (as in a celestial body)

    New-Latin · declension-3 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *korpos, from Proto-Indo-European *krépos (“body”), from the root *krep-. Equivalent to the Proto-Germanic neuter noun *hrefaz (“body, torso”), whence Old High German href, Old Dutch ref, and Old English hrif (> English riff).

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