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English
Noun
Golgi (plural Golgis)
- (cytology) Golgi apparatus
Derived terms
Italian
Proper noun
Golgi m or f by sense
- a surname
- Camillo Golgi, Italian scientist, winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γολγοί (Golgoí).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Golgī m pl (genitive Golgōrum); second declension
- A town in Cyprus
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Golgi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Golgi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.