What does cicātrīx mean in Latin?

cicātrīx, a noun, means “scar”.

What is the genitive of cicātrīx?

The genitive singular is cicātrīcis. cicātrīx is feminine, third declension.

How do you pronounce cicātrīx?

In classical Latin, [kɪˈkaː.triːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃiˈkaː.triks].

Which English words come from cicātrīx?

English words that go back to Latin cicātrīx include cicatrise, cicatrix, cicatricle and cicatricula.

noun · femininethird declension

cicātrīx

cicātrīx f (genitive cicātrīcis)

Classical[kɪˈkaː.triːks]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃiˈkaː.triks]

Meaning

scar
Nihil aequē sānitātem impedit quam remediōrum crēbra mūtātiō; nōn venit vulnus ad cicātrīcem in quō medicāmenta temptantur.Nothing hinders recovery so much as frequent changes of remedies; a wound does not form into a scar when [varied] drugs are tried. (In other words, such a wound will not heal.)c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.2.3

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Vulnus · Plaga · Ulcus · Cicatrix · Saucius

1. Vulnus and plaga denote a wound from without; vulnus (from lanius?) by means of a weapon, or other cutting instrument; plaga, by means of any instrument carried with intention to injure; whereas ulcus (ἄλοξ, ὦλξ) means any open or sore place in the body, that has begun to fester, etc.; cicatrix, the scar that is left when a wound is healed. Suet. Vit. 10. Verbera et plagas, sæpe vulnera, nonnunquam necem repræsentantes adversantibus. Plin. H. N. xvi. 12. Cels. viii. 4. 2. Vulneratus means wounded in general; saucius, so wounded as to be unfit for fighting, and is the proper expression for those that are wounded in battle. Cic. Verr. i. 27. Servi nonnulli vulnerantur; ipse Rubrius sauciatur. (iv. 255.)

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	cicātrīx	cicātrīcēs
genitive	cicātrīcis	cicātrīcum
dative	cicātrīcī	cicātrīcibus
accusative	cicātrīcem	cicātrīcēs
ablative	cicātrīce	cicātrīcibus
vocative	cicātrīx	cicātrīcēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

refricare vulnus, cicatricem obductam: to open an old wound.
vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa): wounds (scars) on the breast.

cĭcātrix, īcis, f.,

I. a scar, cicatrice (freq. and class.).

I. Prop., Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 29; Cic. Phil. 7, 6, 17; Quint. 5, 9, 5; 6, 1, 21; 6, 3, 100; Suet. Aug. 65 al.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 60; id. C. 1, 35, 33; Ov. M. 12, 444; id. R. Am. 623 al.: cicatrices adversae, wounds in front (therefore honorable), Cic. de Or. 2, 28, 124; Sall. H. 1, 55 Dietsch: aversa, on the back, Gell. 2, 11, 2; cf.: cicatrices adverso corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 3; Sall. J. 85, 29; Liv. 2, 23, 4: cicatricem inducere, Cels. 7, 28: contrahere, Plin. 12, 17, 38, § 77: reducere ad colorem, id. 28, 18, 76, § 245: ducere, to cicatrize, Liv. 29, 32, 12: emendare, Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142: tollere, id. 24, 6, 14, § 23 et saep.; cf. also II.—

B. Transf. to plants, a mark of incision, Verg. G. 2, 379; Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 60; 17, 24, 37, § 235; Quint. 2, 4, 11. —Of the marks of tools on a statue, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 63.—*

2. Humorously, of the seam of a patched shoe, Juv. 3, 151.—

II. Trop.: refricare obductam jam rei publicae cicatricem, to open a wound afresh, Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 4; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 22, 54; Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 66; Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 7 al.; Petr. 113, 8.

Origins

Unknown etymology, possibly from a substrate.

Descendants

Englishcicatrix
Englishcicatrice
Catalancicatriu
Frenchcicatrice
Italiancicatrice
Portuguesecicatriz
Romaniancicatrice
Spanishcicatriz
Esperantocikatro
Galiciancicatriz

In English words that came into English from cicātrīx

cicatrisecicātrīx
cicatrixcicātrīx
cicatriclecicatricula
cicatriculacicātrīcula