zonula
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin zōnula (“small belt or girdle”).
Noun edit
zonula (plural zonulae or zonulas)
- (anatomy) Any of several small belt-like regions.
- 1883, Half-yearly compendium of medical science, volumes 31-34, page 146:
- The zonula originates by a small number of delicate fibres from the vitreous [lamella].
- 1980, Yves Le Grand, Sami G. El Hage, Physiological Optics, page 95:
- Nevertheless, the zonula is most often considered as the principal agent of transmission.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive form of zōna (“belt”, “girdle”), formed as zōna + -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈzoː.nu.la/, [ˈd̪͡z̪oːnʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡zo.nu.la/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnulä]
Noun edit
zōnula f (genitive zōnulae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | zōnula | zōnulae |
Genitive | zōnulae | zōnulārum |
Dative | zōnulae | zōnulīs |
Accusative | zōnulam | zōnulās |
Ablative | zōnulā | zōnulīs |
Vocative | zōnula | zōnulae |
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- “zōnŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zōnŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,702/2.