# varus
## English
### Etymology

From Latin varus.

### Noun

varus (usually uncountable, plural vari)
* A deformity in which the foot is turned inward.
* Acne.

#### Related terms

* vary
* prevaricate

### Anagrams

* urvas

## Finnish
### Etymology

vara +‎ -us

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋɑrus/, [ˈʋɑ̝rus̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑrus
* Hyphenation: va‧rus

### Noun

varus
* (archaic) equipment, armament, accessory
* (heraldry, in the plural) armed (horns, teeth, beaks etc. of an animal, especially when coloured in a different tincture from the animal itself)
    varukset siniset ― armed azure

#### Declension

Possessive forms of varus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
varukseni
varukseni
accusative
nom.
varukseni
varukseni
gen.
varukseni
genitive
varukseni
varusteni varuksieni
partitive
varustani
varuksiani
inessive
varuksessani
varuksissani
elative
varuksestani
varuksistani
illative
varukseeni
varuksiini
adessive
varuksellani
varuksillani
ablative
varukseltani
varuksiltani
allative
varukselleni
varuksilleni
essive
varuksenani
varuksinani
translative
varuksekseni
varuksikseni
abessive
varuksettani
varuksittani
instructive
comitative
—varuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
varuksesi
varuksesi
accusative
nom.
varuksesi
varuksesi
gen.
varuksesi
genitive
varuksesi
varustesi varuksiesi
partitive
varustasi
varuksiasi
inessive
varuksessasi
varuksissasi
elative
varuksestasi
varuksistasi
illative
varukseesi
varuksiisi
adessive
varuksellasi
varuksillasi
ablative
varukseltasi
varuksiltasi
allative
varuksellesi
varuksillesi
essive
varuksenasi
varuksinasi
translative
varukseksesi
varuksiksesi
abessive
varuksettasi
varuksittasi
instructive
comitative
—varuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
varuksemme
varuksemme
accusative
nom.
varuksemme
varuksemme
gen.
varuksemme
genitive
varuksemme
varustemme varuksiemme
partitive
varustamme
varuksiamme
inessive
varuksessamme
varuksissamme
elative
varuksestamme
varuksistamme
illative
varukseemme
varuksiimme
adessive
varuksellamme
varuksillamme
ablative
varukseltamme
varuksiltamme
allative
varuksellemme
varuksillemme
essive
varuksenamme
varuksinamme
translative
varukseksemme
varuksiksemme
abessive
varuksettamme
varuksittamme
instructive
comitative
—varuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
varuksenne
varuksenne
accusative
nom.
varuksenne
varuksenne
gen.
varuksenne
genitive
varuksenne
varustenne varuksienne
partitive
varustanne
varuksianne
inessive
varuksessanne
varuksissanne
elative
varuksestanne
varuksistanne
illative
varukseenne
varuksiinne
adessive
varuksellanne
varuksillanne
ablative
varukseltanne
varuksiltanne
allative
varuksellenne
varuksillenne
essive
varuksenanne
varuksinanne
translative
varukseksenne
varuksiksenne
abessive
varuksettanne
varuksittanne
instructive
comitative
—varuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
varuksensa
varuksensa
accusative
nom.
varuksensa
varuksensa
gen.
varuksensa
genitive
varuksensa
varustensa varuksiensa
partitive
varustaan varustansa
varuksiaan varuksiansa
inessive
varuksessaan varuksessansa
varuksissaan varuksissansa
elative
varuksestaan varuksestansa
varuksistaan varuksistansa
illative
varukseensa
varuksiinsa
adessive
varuksellaan varuksellansa
varuksillaan varuksillansa
ablative
varukseltaan varukseltansa
varuksiltaan varuksiltansa
allative
varukselleen varuksellensa
varuksilleen varuksillensa
essive
varuksenaan varuksenansa
varuksinaan varuksinansa
translative
varuksekseen varukseksensa
varuksikseen varuksiksensa
abessive
varuksettaan varuksettansa
varuksittaan varuksittansa
instructive
comitative
—varuksineen varuksinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (equipment, accessory): varuste

#### Derived terms

* varusaliupseeri
* varusesine
* varushenkilö
* varuskunta
* varusmies (“conscript”)
* varusnainen
* varusohjelma
* varusohjelmisto
* varustaa
* varusvarasto
* varusväki

### Further reading

* “varus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *wāros, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-ro-s, from *h₁weh₂- (“separate”), with sense development "separated" > "opened" > "with the legs opened" > "bent-in legs". May be cognate with varius (“variegated in color”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯aː.rus/, [ˈu̯äːrʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]

#### Adjective

vārus (feminine vāra, neuter vārum); first/second-declension adjective
* bent in
* knock-kneed
* (figurative) different, diverse

##### Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

##### Coordinate terms

* (knock-kneed): valgus (bow-legged)

##### Derived terms

* vāra
* vāricus
* Varius
* vārius
* Vārus

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: var
* → English: varus, varous
* → French: varus, vareux
* → Italian: varo

#### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vārus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 655

#### Further reading

* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1108
* “varus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “varus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* varus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *waros, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“highland, raised protrusion; high”). Cognate with varix (“varicose vein”), verrūca (“wart”), Proto-Germanic *wer(r)uz (“lip”), Tocharian B weru (“blister”), Lithuanian viras (“tapeworm larva; pimple”), and perhaps Middle Irish ferbb (“heat rash, pimple”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯a.rus/, [ˈu̯ärʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈva.rus/, [ˈväːrus]

#### Noun

varus m (genitive varī); second declension
* pimple, pustule, particularly on the face

##### Declension

Second-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* Galician: verro
* Spanish: barro
* ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *vario, varionem
** Catalan: viró

#### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “varus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 654

#### Further reading

* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1151
* “varus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “varus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* varus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French varus.

### Noun

varus n (uncountable)
* varus