clavicula
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin clāvicula (“the collarbone”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /kləˈvɪk.jəl.ə/, /klæˈvɪk.jəl.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə
Noun edit
clavicula (plural claviculae or (archaic) claviculæ)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “clavicula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From clāvis (“a key”) + -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klaːˈu̯i.ku.la/, [kɫ̪äːˈu̯ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klaˈvi.ku.la/, [kläˈviːkulä]
Noun edit
clāvicula f (genitive clāviculae); first declension
- a little key
- (botany) the tendril of a vine
- a bar or bolt of a door
- a pivot
- (New Latin, anatomy) the clavicle, collar bone
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | clāvicula | clāviculae |
Genitive | clāviculae | clāviculārum |
Dative | clāviculae | clāviculīs |
Accusative | clāviculam | clāviculās |
Ablative | clāviculā | clāviculīs |
Vocative | clāvicula | clāviculae |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “clavicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clavicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clavicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.