multifidus

English

Etymology

From Latin multifidus. Doublet of multifid and multifidous.

Noun

multifidus (plural multifidi)

1. (anatomy) A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy and tendinous fasciculi that fill up the groove on either side of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, from the sacrum to the axis.

Latin

Etymology

From multi- (“many”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mulˈti.fi.dus/, [mʊɫ̪ˈt̪ɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mulˈti.fi.dus/, [mul̪ˈt̪iːfid̪us]

Adjective

multifidus (feminine multifida, neuter multifidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. multifid, split into many parts

   multifidī crīnēs ― hair parted into many locks

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	multifidus	multifida	multifidum		multifidī	multifidae	multifida
Genitive	multifidī	multifidae	multifidī		multifidōrum	multifidārum	multifidōrum
Dative	multifidō		multifidō		multifidīs
Accusative	multifidum	multifidam	multifidum		multifidōs	multifidās	multifida
Ablative	multifidō	multifidā	multifidō		multifidīs
Vocative	multifide	multifida	multifidum		multifidī	multifidae	multifida

Coordinate terms

• bifidus, trifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus

Descendants

• English: multifid, multifidus
• Romanian: multifid

References

• “multifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “multifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• multifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.