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- DictionaryIc·tus/ˈiktəs/
noun
- 1. a rhythmical or metrical stress.
- 2. a stroke or seizure; a fit.
Ictus is a noun that means the recurring stress or beat in a rhythmic or metrical series of sounds, or a sudden attack or seizure especially of stroke. It comes from Latin, meaning "to strike with a weapon, smite, affect strongly". See the etymology, history, and examples of ictus in this online dictionary.
n. pl. ictus or ic·tuses. 1. Medicine A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure. 2. The accent that falls on a stressed syllable in a line of scanned verse. The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Ictus definition: rhythmical or metrical stress.. See examples of ICTUS used in a sentence.
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Etymology
From Latin ictus (“a blow”), from īco (“I hit, strike, or smite”; “I stab or sting”).
Pronunciation
singular 1. (UK) enPR: ĭkʹtəs, IPA(key): /ˈɪktəs/ plural 1. (UK) enPR: ĭkʹto͞os, IPA(key): /ˈɪktuːs/
Noun
ictus (plural ictus or ictuses or ictusses) 1. The pulse. 2. (medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. 3. (prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis. 4. (music) In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ictus.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈik.tus]
Noun
ictus m (plural ictusos) 1. (medicine, music) ictus
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈik.tus/ 2. Rhymes: -iktus 3. Hyphenation: ìc‧tus
Noun
ictus m (invariable) 1. (pathology) ictus, stroke 1.1. Synonyms: infarto cerebrale, (familiar) colpo
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of īcō.
Pronunciation
1. (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈik.tus/, [ˈɪkt̪ʊs̠] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈik.tus/, [ˈikt̪us]
Participle
ictus (feminine icta, neuter ictum); first/second-declensionparticiple 1. hit, struck, blown 2. stabbed, stung
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ictus or French ictus.
Noun
ictus n (plural ictusuri) 1. (medicine) ictus 2. (prosody) ictus 3. (music) ictus
Noun
ictus m (plural ictus) 1. (medicine) stroke, ictus
Further reading
1. “ictus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Ictus is a Latin word that means "stroke" or "attack". It can refer to a sudden blow, stroke, or seizure in medicine, or to the rhythmical or metrical stress in verse. See different sources, synonyms, translations, and related terms for ictus.
3 days ago · ictus in American English. (ˈɪktəs ) noun Word forms: plural ˈictuses or ˈictus. 1. rhythmic or metrical stress, or accent. 2. Medicine. a convulsion, stroke, or sudden attack. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Ictus definition, rhythmical or metrical stress. See more.
