branchia
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
NounEdit
branchia (plural branchiae)
- A gill or other organ having the same function
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
gill or other organ having the same function — see gill
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
branchia f (plural branchie)
Related termsEdit
LatinEdit
NounEdit
branchia f (genitive branchiae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | branchia | branchiae |
Genitive | branchiae | branchiārum |
Dative | branchiae | branchiīs |
Accusative | branchiam | branchiās |
Ablative | branchiā | branchiīs |
Vocative | branchia | branchiae |
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: brànquia
- → English: branchia
- → Spanish: branchia
- → French: branchie
- Italian: branchia
- Sicilian: vranchia
ReferencesEdit
- “branchia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- branchia 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)
- branchia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette