LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

uterus

uterus m (genitive uterī)
Classical[ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.te.rus]

Meaning

  1. masculinewomb, uterus
  2. masculinefetus, newborn
  3. masculinebelly, paunch

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

venter, pars cava media
uterus -ī (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 5

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeuterus
uter		uterī
genitiveuterīuterōrum
dativeuterōuterīs
accusativeuterumuterōs
ablativeuterōuterīs
vocativeutere
uter		uterī

ŭtĕrus, i, m. (collat. form ŭter, Caecil. ap. Non. 188, 15;
I. neutr. collat. form ŭtĕ-rum, i, Plaut. Aul. 4, 7, 10, acc. to Non. 229, 33; Turp. and Afran. ib.) [Sanscr. uttara, later; Gr. ὕστερος; cf. Gr. ὑστέρα, womb; Sanscr. udaram, belly; Engl. udder], the womb, matrix (syn. volva).
I. Lit.: utero exorti dolores, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 40: perii, mea nutrix, uterum dolet! id. Aul. 4, 7, 10; id. Truc. 1, 2, 96: quae te beluam ex utero, non hominem fudit, Cic. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 139; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 97; Hirt. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 54; Prop. 4, 1, 100; Hor. C. 3, 22, 2; Ov. M. 9, 280; 9, 315; 10, 495; id. F. 2, 452; Tac. A. 1, 59; Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—
II. Transf.
A. Of the cavities of the earth, from which the first creatures are represented to have come forth, Lucr. 5, 806; cf. Lact. 2, 11 init.—
B. The fruit of the womb, a fetus, child, young: feminae uterum gerentes, i. e. pregnant, Cels. 2, 10; Tac. A. 1, 59.—Of animals, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; Plin. 8, 40, 62, § 151.—
C. In gen., the belly, paunch: me puero uterus erat solarium: ubi iste monebat esse, etc., Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 5; Verg. A. 7, 499; Cels. 4, 1; Juv. 10, 309; Luc. 6, 115; 9, 773.— Of swans, Plin. 10, 47, 66, § 131.—
2. Of inanimate things; of the Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 52: dolii, Col. 12, 4, 5: lato utero (navium), Tac. A. 2, 6.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) + *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanúter
  • Englishuterus
  • Frenchutérus
  • Italianutero
  • Portugueseútero
  • Romanianuter
  • Spanishútero
  • Czechuterusfrom English uterus
  • Malayuterusfrom English uterus
  • Swahiliuterasifrom English uterus

Quick answers

What does uterus mean in Latin?
uterus, a noun, means “womb, uterus; fetus, newborn; belly, paunch”.
What is the genitive of uterus?
The genitive singular is uterī. uterus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce uterus?
In classical Latin, [ˈʊ.tɛ.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈuː.te.rus].