corpus
From Proto-Italic *korpos, from Proto-Indo-European *krépos (“body”), from the root *krep-. Equivalent to the Proto-Germanic neuter noun *hrefaz (“body, torso”), whence e.g. Old High Germanhref, Old Dutch ref, Old English hrif (> English riff).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.pus/, [ˈkɔrpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.pus/, [ˈkɔrpus]
- Hyphenation: cor‧pus
Noun
corpus n (genitive corporis); third declension
- (anatomy) body, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person") [ quotations ▼]
- substance, material (physical, perceptible to the senses) [ synonym ▲]
- Synonym: rēs
- the flesh of an animal's body
- a corpse [ synonyms ▲]
- the trunk or shaft of something
- (figuratively) the wood under the bark of a tree
- (Medieval Latin) a corpus (collection of writings by a single author or addressing a certain topic)
- (metonymically) person, individual [ quotations ▼]
- (metonymically) a frame, body, system, structure, community, corporation
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | corpus | corpora |
| Genitive | corporis | corporum |
| Dative | corporī | corporibus |
| Accusative | corpus | corpora |
| Ablative | corpore | corporibus |
| Vocative | corpus | corpora |