internodium

Latin

Etymology

inter- +‎ nōdus (“knot”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.terˈnoː.di.um/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈnoːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈno.di.um/, [in̪t̪erˈnɔːd̪ium]

Noun

internōdium n (genitive internōdiī or internōdī); second declension

1. the space between two knots or joints; an internode
2. segment [as in an scorpion's tail made of segments, etc]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	internōdium	internōdia
Genitive	internōdiī internōdī1	internōdiōrum
Dative	internōdiō	internōdiīs
Accusative	internōdium	internōdia
Ablative	internōdiō	internōdiīs
Vocative	internōdium	internōdia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “internodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “internodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers