cancellus
English
Noun
cancellus (plural cancelli)
- (architecture) A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
- (anatomy) One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.
Latin
Noun
cancellus (genitive cancelli); m, second declension
Usage notes
Usually used in the plural, rarely in the singular.
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cancellus | cancellī |
| genitive | cancellī | cancellōrum |
| dative | cancellō | cancellīs |
| accusative | cancellum | cancellōs |
| ablative | cancellō | cancellīs |
| vocative | cancelle | cancellī |