patagium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon).
Pronunciation edit
- Commonly irregular IPA(key): /pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/,[1] also IPA(key): /pætəˈd͡ʒaɪəm/[2] following the Latin
Noun edit
patagium (plural patagia)
- The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
- A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
- One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of gliding mammals
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References edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.taˈɡiː.um/, [pät̪äˈɡiːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.taˈd͡ʒi.um/, [pät̪äˈd͡ʒiːum]
Noun edit
patagīum n (genitive patagīī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | patagīum | patagīa |
Genitive | patagīī | patagīōrum |
Dative | patagīō | patagīīs |
Accusative | patagīum | patagīa |
Ablative | patagīō | patagīīs |
Vocative | patagīum | patagīa |
References edit
- “patagium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- patagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.