ventriculus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɛnˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/, /vənˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs

Noun

ventriculus (plural ventriculi)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.

Derived terms

• proventriculus
• ventricular

Related terms

• ventriculite

References

• “ventriculus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From venter (“the belly”) +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯enˈtri.ku.lus/, [u̯ɛn̪ˈt̪rɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /venˈtri.ku.lus/, [ven̪ˈt̪riːkulus]

Noun

ventriculus m (genitive ventriculī); second declension

1. (literal) the belly
2. (transferred sense, anatomy)
   1. the stomach
   2. a ventricle of the heart
   3. a ventricle of the brain

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ventriculus	ventriculī
Genitive	ventriculī	ventriculōrum
Dative	ventriculō	ventriculīs
Accusative	ventriculum	ventriculōs
Ablative	ventriculō	ventriculīs
Vocative	ventricule	ventriculī

Derived terms

• prōventriculus
• ventriculātiō (noun)
• ventriculōsus (adjective)

Related terms

• ventricola
• ventricultor

Descendants

Descendants of ventriculus in other languages

• Asturian: banduyu
• → French: ventricule
  • → Romanian: ventricul
• Italian: ventricchio, → ventricolo
• → Middle English:
  • English: ventricle
• Old French: ventroil
• Old Occitan: ventrilh, ventrelh
  • → Italian: ventriglio
• Portuguese: bandulho, → ventrículo
• Spanish: bandrullo, → ventrículo

References

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