canalicula
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.naːˈli.ku.la/, [känäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.naˈli.ku.la/, [känäˈliːkulä]
Noun edit
canālicula f (genitive canāliculae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | canālicula | canāliculae |
Genitive | canāliculae | canāliculārum |
Dative | canāliculae | canāliculīs |
Accusative | canāliculam | canāliculās |
Ablative | canāliculā | canāliculīs |
Vocative | canālicula | canāliculae |
Synonyms edit
- (small channel, pipe or gutter): canāliculus
- (gutter-splint): canāliculus
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “canalicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press