cupula
See also: cúpula
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
cupula (plural cupulas or cupulae)
- A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
- (anatomy) A moveable object in the ampullae of the ear's semicircular canals that is involved in sensing head rotation
Translations edit
cup-shaped or dome-shaped object
anatomy: movable object in the ear
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.pu.la/, [ˈkuːpʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.pu.la/, [ˈkuːpulä]
Noun edit
cūpula f (genitive cūpulae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cūpula | cūpulae |
Genitive | cūpulae | cūpulārum |
Dative | cūpulae | cūpulīs |
Accusative | cūpulam | cūpulās |
Ablative | cūpulā | cūpulīs |
Vocative | cūpula | cūpulae |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “cupula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cupula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cupula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.