canaliculus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin canāliculus (“small channel, pipe or gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canaliculus (plural canaliculi)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.naːˈli.ku.lus/, [känäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.naˈli.ku.lus/, [känäˈliːkulus]
Noun edit
canāliculus m (genitive canāliculī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | canāliculus | canāliculī |
Genitive | canāliculī | canāliculōrum |
Dative | canāliculō | canāliculīs |
Accusative | canāliculum | canāliculōs |
Ablative | canāliculō | canāliculīs |
Vocative | canālicule | canāliculī |
Synonyms edit
- (small channel, pipe or gutter): canālicula
- (gutter-splint): canālicula
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: canaliculus
- Italian: canalicolo
- → Portuguese: canalículo (learned)
- Sicilian: canalicchiu
References edit
- “canaliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canaliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “canaliculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canaliculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “canaliculus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin