occipitalis
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑkˌsɪp.əˈteɪ.lɪs/
- Rhymes: -eɪlɪs
Noun
editoccipitalis (plural occipitales)
- (anatomy) A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- Coordinate term: frontalis
Translations
editmuscle
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References
edit- “occipitalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ok.ki.piˈtaː.lis/, [ɔkːɪpɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ot.t͡ʃi.piˈta.lis/, [otː͡ʃipiˈt̪äːlis]
Adjective
editoccipitālis (neuter occipitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)
Inflection
editThird-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | occipitālis | occipitāle | occipitālēs | occipitālia | |
Genitive | occipitālis | occipitālium | |||
Dative | occipitālī | occipitālibus | |||
Accusative | occipitālem | occipitāle | occipitālēs occipitālīs |
occipitālia | |
Ablative | occipitālī | occipitālibus | |||
Vocative | occipitālis | occipitāle | occipitālēs | occipitālia |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: occipitalis
- → Middle French: occipital
- Italian: occipitale
- Sicilian: uccipitali
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