deltidium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin deltidium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɛlˈtɪdɪəm/
Noun edit
deltidium (plural deltidiums or deltidia)
- (conchology) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells. [1851]
Related terms edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “deltidium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
The Latinisation of *deltidion, formed in Latin from Ancient Greek elements: δέλτα (délta) + -ίδιον (-ídion) = literally “little delta”. Compare the Byzantine Greek δελτίδιον (deltídion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /delˈti.di.um/, [d̪ɛɫ̪ˈt̪ɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /delˈti.di.um/, [d̪el̪ˈt̪iːd̪ium]
Noun edit
deltidium n (genitive deltidiī or deltidī); second declension
- (New Latin, conchology) deltidium [≤1836]
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | deltidium | deltidia |
Genitive | deltidiī deltidī1 |
deltidiōrum |
Dative | deltidiō | deltidiīs |
Accusative | deltidium | deltidia |
Ablative | deltidiō | deltidiīs |
Vocative | deltidium | deltidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → English: deltidium