ambulacrum

English

Etymology

From Latin ambulacrum, from ambulō (“walk; travel”).

Noun

ambulacrum (plural ambulacrums or ambulacra)

1. (of an echinoderm) A row of pores for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet.

Derived terms

• ambulacriform

 

Related terms

• ambulacral
• interambulacrum

Translations

row of pores for the protrusion of tube feet in echinoderms

• Portuguese: ambulacro m

Latin

Etymology

From ambulō (“walk; travel”) +‎ -crum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /am.buˈlaː.krum/, [ämbʊˈɫ̪äːkrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.buˈla.krum/, [ämbuˈläːkrum]

Noun

ambulācrum n (genitive ambulācrī); second declension

1. A place for walking, a walk or promenade planted with trees (often near a house).

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambulācrum	ambulācra
Genitive	ambulācrī	ambulācrōrum
Dative	ambulācrō	ambulācrīs
Accusative	ambulācrum	ambulācra
Ablative	ambulācrō	ambulācrīs
Vocative	ambulācrum	ambulācra

Derived terms

• ambulātilis

Related terms

• ambulātiō
• ambulātiuncula
• ambulātor
• ambulātōrius
• ambulātrix
• ambulātūra
• ambulātus
• ambulō

Descendants

• English: ambulacrum

References

• “ambulacrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ambulacrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.