coclea
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). See also chiocciola.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coclea f (plural coclee)
- (anatomy) cochlea
- Archimedes screw
- Synonym: vite di Archimede
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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kle.a/, [ˈkɔkɫ̪eä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kle.a/, [ˈkɔːkleä]
Noun edit
coclea f (genitive cocleae); first declension
- Alternative form of cochlea (“a snail, spiral”).
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | coclea | cocleae |
Genitive | cocleae | cocleārum |
Dative | cocleae | cocleīs |
Accusative | cocleam | cocleās |
Ablative | cocleā | cocleīs |
Vocative | coclea | cocleae |
References edit
- “coclea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coclea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coclea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “coclea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “coclea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin