caruncula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/

Noun

caruncula (plural carunculae)

1. (anatomy, zootomy, botany) Synonym of caruncle.

References

• “caruncula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From carō (“flesh”) +‎ -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈrʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈruŋkulä]

Noun

caruncula f (genitive carunculae); first declension

1. diminutive of carō: little piece of flesh.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caruncula	carunculae
Genitive	carunculae	carunculārum
Dative	carunculae	carunculīs
Accusative	carunculam	carunculās
Ablative	carunculā	carunculīs
Vocative	caruncula	carunculae

Descendants

• → Catalan: carúncula
• → English: caruncula
• → Old French: caruncule
  • → English: caruncle
• → Spanish: carúncula

References

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