English

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Etymology

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From Latin siphunculus, q.v.

Noun

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siphunculus (plural siphunculi)

  1. Alternative form of siphuncule

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sīphō +‎ -culus, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Noun

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sīphunculus m (genitive sīphunculī); second declension

  1. a little tube or pipe

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sīphunculus sīphunculī
Genitive sīphunculī sīphunculōrum
Dative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
Accusative sīphunculum sīphunculōs
Ablative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
Vocative sīphuncule sīphunculī

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