adminiculum
English edit
Noun edit
adminiculum
- (medicine) That which gives support to a part.
- (medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
References edit
- American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)
- A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ad- (“at”) + manus (“hand”) + -culum (“tool”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.miˈni.ku.lum/, [äd̪mɪˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.miˈni.ku.lum/, [äd̪miˈniːkulum]
Noun edit
adminiculum n (genitive adminiculī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adminiculum | adminicula |
| Genitive | adminiculī | adminiculōrum |
| Dative | adminiculō | adminiculīs |
| Accusative | adminiculum | adminicula |
| Ablative | adminiculō | adminiculīs |
| Vocative | adminiculum | adminicula |
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: adminicle
- → English: adminicle
- → Portuguese: adminículo
- → Spanish: adminículo
References edit
- “adminiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adminiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adminiculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- adminiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.