lunula
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lunula (plural lunulae or (archaic) lunulæ)
- (anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
- (Ancient Rome, historical) A crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome.
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pale area at the base of the fingernail
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Finnish edit
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Noun edit
lunula
Declension edit
Inflection of lunula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lunula | lunulat | ||
genitive | lunulan | lunuloiden lunuloitten | ||
partitive | lunulaa | lunuloita | ||
illative | lunulaan | lunuloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lunula | lunulat | ||
accusative | nom. | lunula | lunulat | |
gen. | lunulan | |||
genitive | lunulan | lunuloiden lunuloitten lunulainrare | ||
partitive | lunulaa | lunuloita | ||
inessive | lunulassa | lunuloissa | ||
elative | lunulasta | lunuloista | ||
illative | lunulaan | lunuloihin | ||
adessive | lunulalla | lunuloilla | ||
ablative | lunulalta | lunuloilta | ||
allative | lunulalle | lunuloille | ||
essive | lunulana | lunuloina | ||
translative | lunulaksi | lunuloiksi | ||
abessive | lunulatta | lunuloitta | ||
instructive | — | lunuloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Italian edit
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Noun edit
lunula f (plural lunule)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.nu.la/, [ˈɫ̪uːnʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.nu.la/, [ˈluːnulä]
Noun edit
lūnula f (genitive lūnulae); first declension
- an ornament in the form of a little moon
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lūnula | lūnulae |
Genitive | lūnulae | lūnulārum |
Dative | lūnulae | lūnulīs |
Accusative | lūnulam | lūnulās |
Ablative | lūnulā | lūnulīs |
Vocative | lūnula | lūnulae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lunula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lunula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lunula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin lūnula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lunula f
- (Ancient Rome, historical) lunula (crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome)
- (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) lunette, luna (crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the consecrated host upright when exposed in the monstrance)
- Synonyms: melchizedech, melchizedek
Declension edit
Declension of lunula
Further reading edit
- lunula in Polish dictionaries at PWN