utriculus
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /jʊˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs
Noun edit
utriculus (plural utriculi)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uˈtri.ku.lus/, [ʊˈt̪rɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /uˈtri.ku.lus/, [uˈt̪riːkulus]
Etymology 1 edit
From uter (“a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
utriculus m (genitive utriculī); second declension
- Diminutive of uter: a small skin or leathern bottle.
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | utriculus | utriculī |
Genitive | utriculī | utriculōrum |
Dative | utriculō | utriculīs |
Accusative | utriculum | utriculōs |
Ablative | utriculō | utriculīs |
Vocative | utricule | utriculī |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From uterus (“the womb, matrix”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
utriculus m (genitive utriculī); second declension
- Diminutive of uterus:
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | utriculus | utriculī |
Genitive | utriculī | utriculōrum |
Dative | utriculō | utriculīs |
Accusative | utriculum | utriculōs |
Ablative | utriculō | utriculīs |
Vocative | utricule | utriculī |
References edit
- “utriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press