LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

crūs

crūs n (genitive crūris)
Classical[ˈkruːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkrus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. leg
    quod pectus, quod crura tibi, quod bracchia vellisMartialis, Epigrammata

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pars corporis inter genū et pedem.
crūs crūris n — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
pars corporis inter genū et pedem
crūs cruris (n) — in Metamorphoses I, †

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrūscrūra
genitivecrūriscrūrum
dativecrūrīcrūribus
accusativecrūscrūra
ablativecrūrecrūribus
vocativecrūscrūra

crūs, ūris, n. etym. dub.; prob. kindr. with curro, currus; cf. celer, and -cello in recello, etc.,
I. the leg, shank, shin.
I. Prop., Cels. 8, 1 fin.: perque fabam repunt (grues) et mollia crura reponunt, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 76 (Ann. v. 545 Vahl.); imitated by Verg. G. 3, 76, and Sil. 16, 444; so Lucr. 3, 478; 3, 652; Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101; Caes. B. G. 6, 27; Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129; Quint. 11, 3, 139; Ov. M. 1, 306; 4, 580 et saep. The legs of criminals were frequently broken, as a punishment, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56 sq.; id. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; cf. crurifragius.—
II. Transf.
A. For pes, foot, Ov. M. 11, 74.—
B. Of plants, the lower part of the stalk, Col. 3, 10, 2; 3, 18, 5; Pall. 1, 35, 6.

Origins

Unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱruH- based on Old Armenian սրունք (srunkʻ, “leg, shank”). However, other etymologies have been proposed for the Armenian word, such as a loan from Iranian *sraun- (cf. Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬌 (sraoni)) among others. Albanian kërci may also be a cognate.

Descendants
  • Englishcrus

Quick answers

What does crūs mean in Latin?
crūs, a noun, means “leg”.
What is the genitive of crūs?
The genitive singular is crūris. crūs is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce crūs?
In classical Latin, [ˈkruːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkrus].