English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin siphunculus, q.v.

Noun edit

siphunculus (plural siphunculi)

  1. Alternative form of siphuncule

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From sīphō +‎ -culus, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Noun edit

sīphunculus m (genitive sīphunculī); second declension

  1. a little tube or pipe

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sīphunculus sīphunculī
Genitive sīphunculī sīphunculōrum
Dative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
Accusative sīphunculum sīphunculōs
Ablative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
Vocative sīphuncule sīphunculī

Descendants edit