Latin Word of the Day
corpus
body
Definitions
| Latin > English |
| corpus |
| 1. n. (anatomy) body, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person") |
| 2. n. substance, material (physical, perceptible to the senses) |
| 3. n. the flesh of an animal's body |
| 4. n. a corpse |
| 5. n. the trunk or shaft of something |
| 6. n. (figuratively) the wood under the bark of a tree |
| 7. n. (Medieval) a corpus (collection of writings by a single author or addressing a certain topic) |
| 8. n. (metonymically) person, individual |
| 9. n. (metonymically) a frame, body, system, structure, community, corporation |
Example Sentences
| "Eratne corpus mortuum in exedra?" "Minime, nullum corpus illic erat." "Was there a dead body in the room?" "No, there was no body there." Dolet mihi caput, bracchia, crura, denique totum corpus. My head hurts, and so do my arms, legs... in fact, my whole body. |
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