cymbium
See also: Cymbium
English edit
Etymology edit
Concocted from Latin cymbium, not used in such a meaning.
Noun edit
cymbium (plural cymbia)
- (zoology) The tarsus of the copulatory pedipalp in certain spiders.
- 2009, P. A. Sebastian, Spiders of India:
- The tarsus consists of two parts, the cymbium and paracymbium. The cymbium is the spoon-shaped base of the tarsus. The paracymbium is only a prominent apophysis arising from the base of the cymbium and is articulated with the cymbium by a movable joint.
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κυμβίον (kumbíon), from κύμβη (kúmbē), whence cymba.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkym.bi.um/, [ˈkʏmbiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.bi.um/, [ˈt͡ʃimbium]
Noun edit
cymbium n (genitive cymbiī or cymbī); second declension
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cymbium | cymbia |
Genitive | cymbiī cymbī1 |
cymbiōrum |
Dative | cymbiō | cymbiīs |
Accusative | cymbium | cymbia |
Ablative | cymbiō | cymbiīs |
Vocative | cymbium | cymbia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Further reading edit
- “cymbium” in volume 4, part 2, column 1589, in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present