tentaculum
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.
Noun edit
tentaculum (plural tentacula)
- (zoology) A tentacle.
- (anatomy) One of the stiff hairs situated around the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tentaculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tentō (“I feel, touch, try”) + -culum, literally "thing for feeling".
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tenˈtaː.ku.lum/, [t̪ɛn̪ˈt̪äːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tenˈta.ku.lum/, [t̪en̪ˈt̪äːkulum]
Noun edit
tentāculum n (genitive tentāculī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tentāculum | tentācula |
| Genitive | tentāculī | tentāculōrum |
| Dative | tentāculō | tentāculīs |
| Accusative | tentāculum | tentācula |
| Ablative | tentāculō | tentāculīs |
| Vocative | tentāculum | tentācula |