Latin dictionary · noun

corpus

body, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person")

Dictionary forms: corpus, corporis

Inflection: third declension

Meaning and definitions

1. body, person (person when used to mean "human body", e.g., "on one's person")
2. substance, material (physical, perceptible to the senses)
3. the flesh of an animal's body
4. a corpse
5. the trunk or shaft of something
6. the wood under the bark of a tree

Connected roots

• corp-

  body

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• corporation

  a large company or group authorized to act as a single entity

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