LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

intercus

intercus (genitive intercutis)
Classical[ɪnˈtɛr.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[inˈtɛr.kus]

Meaning

  1. one terminationunder the skin, intercutaneous, subcutaneous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeintercus
intercutis		intercus
intercutis		intercus
intercute
genitiveintercutisintercutisintercutis
dativeintercutīintercutīintercutī
accusativeintercutemintercutemintercus
intercute
ablativeintercutī
intercute		intercutī
intercute		intercutī
intercute
vocativeintercus
intercutis		intercus
intercutis		intercus
intercute
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeintercutēsintercutēsintercutia
genitiveintercutiumintercutiumintercutium
dativeintercutibusintercutibusintercutibus
accusativeintercutīs
intercutēs		intercutīs
intercutēs		intercutia
ablativeintercutibusintercutibusintercutibus
vocativeintercutēsintercutēsintercutia

inter-cus, cŭtis, adj. cutis,
I. under the skin, intercutaneous.
I. Esp., as med. t. t.: aqua intercus, the dropsy, Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3: medicamentum alicui dare ad aquam intercutem, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 42: morbus aquae intercutis, Suet. Ner. 5 al.—
B. As subst.: intercus, cŭtis, f., the dropsy: tumens morbi intercutis (al. aquae intercutis), Hier. Vita Hilar. 37: leucophlegmatiam, quam Latino nomine intercutem dicimus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8, 102.—
C. Trop.: aquam te habere in animo intercutem, dropsy in the mind, a weak and watery mind, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 2.—
II. In gen., within the skin, internal, inward: intercutibus vitiis madentes, Gell. 13, 8 fin.; cf. stupra, Cato ap. Prisc.p. 719 P.

Origins

inter + cutis (“skin”). The nominative singular intercus is a back-formation from the oblique forms.

Quick answers

What does intercus mean in Latin?
intercus, a adjective, means “under the skin, intercutaneous, subcutaneous”.
How do you pronounce intercus?
In classical Latin, [ɪnˈtɛr.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈtɛr.kus].