ommatidium
English
editEtymology
editFrom the stem form of Ancient Greek ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editommatidium (plural ommatidia)
- (zoology) One of the conical substructures which make up the eyes of invertebrates with compound eyes.
- 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, published 1996, page 12:
- The ‘compound’ eyes of insects [...] are made up of large numbers of facets or ommatidia, and in this sense, our own eyes are ‘simple’.
Translations
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὀμμάτιον (ommátion), diminutive of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /om.maˈti.di.um/, [ɔmːäˈt̪ɪd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /om.maˈti.di.um/, [omːäˈt̪iːd̪ium]
Noun
editommatidium n (genitive ommatidiī or ommatidī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ommatidium | ommatidia |
Genitive | ommatidiī ommatidī1 |
ommatidiōrum |
Dative | ommatidiō | ommatidiīs |
Accusative | ommatidium | ommatidia |
Ablative | ommatidiō | ommatidiīs |
Vocative | ommatidium | ommatidia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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