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From Latin canāliculus (small channel, pipe or gutter), diminutive of canālis (channel; pipe, gutter), from canna (cane, reed), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, reed).

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canaliculus (plural canaliculi)

  1. (anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants

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Latin

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Etymology

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Diminutive of canālis (channel; pipe, gutter), from canna (cane, reed), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, reed).

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canāliculus m (genitive canāliculī); second declension

  1. A small channel, pipe or gutter.
  2. A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canāliculus canāliculī
Genitive canāliculī canāliculōrum
Dative canāliculō canāliculīs
Accusative canāliculum canāliculōs
Ablative canāliculō canāliculīs
Vocative canālicule canāliculī

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  • English: canaliculus
  • Italian: canalicolo
  • Portuguese: canalículo (learned)
  • Sicilian: canalicchiu

References

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  • canaliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • canaliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • canaliculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • canaliculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • canaliculus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin