occiput
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin occiput (“the back part of the head”). Compare sinciput.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑk.səˌpʌt/, /ˈɑk.səp.ət/
Noun edit
occiput (plural occipita or occiputs)
- (chiefly anatomy) The back part of the head or skull.
- Antonym: sinciput
- 1953, Isaac Asimov, “9: The Conspirators”, in Second Foundation (Foundation Series), Panther Books Ltd, Part II: Search by the Foundation, page 95:
- And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput.
- 2002, Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel, published 2008:
- He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’.
Derived terms edit
- basiocciput
- occipital (adjective)
- occipito-, occipit-
- supraocciput
Translations edit
Translations
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References edit
- “occiput”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “occiput”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “occiput”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “occiput”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
occiput m (plural occiputs)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “occiput”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ob- (“at, before, over”) + caput (“the head”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈok.ki.put/, [ˈɔkːɪpʊt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈot.t͡ʃi.put/, [ˈɔtː͡ʃiput̪]
Noun edit
occiput n (genitive occipitis); third declension
Inflection edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | occiput | occipita |
Genitive | occipitis | occipitum |
Dative | occipitī | occipitibus |
Accusative | occiput | occipita |
Ablative | occipite occipitī |
occipitibus |
Vocative | occiput | occipita |
Derived terms edit
- occipitium
- occipitālis (New Latin)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “occiput”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- occiput in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin occiput.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧put
Noun edit
occiput m (plural occiputs)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French occiput, from Latin occiput.
Noun edit
occiput n (plural occiputuri)
Declension edit
Declension of occiput
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) occiput | occiputul | (niște) occiputuri | occiputurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) occiput | occiputului | (unor) occiputuri | occiputurilor |
vocative | occiputule | occiputurilor |