antrum

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English

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antrum

Cardiac antrum and pyloric antrum

Etymology

From Latin antrum, from Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”). Doublet of antre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tɹəm/

Noun

antrum (plural antrums or antra)

(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.

Derived terms

antrum of Highmore

Related terms

antral

Translations

bodily cavity

Afrikaans: antrum
Catalan: antre (ca) m
French: antre (fr) m
German: Höhle (de) f
Irish: antúr m
Portuguese: antro (pt) m
Spanish: antro (es)
Tagalog: guwang

Further reading

“antrum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“antrum”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Truman, Turman, natrum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄντρον (ántron, “cave”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.trum/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.trum/,

Noun

antrum n (genitive antrī); second declension

cave, cavern
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.166–168:
  Fronte sub adversā scopulīs pendentibus antrum;
  intus aquae dulcēs vīvōque sedīlia saxō:
  nymphārum domus.
  Under the facing cliff a cave with hanging rocks; inside , fresh waters and seats in natural stone: a home of nymphs.
cavity, hollow
tomb

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	antrum	antra
Genitive	antrī	antrōrum
Dative	antrō	antrīs
Accusative	antrum	antra
Ablative	antrō	antrīs
Vocative	antrum	antra

Descendants

→ Catalan: antre
→ English: antrum
→ Galician: antro
→ Italian: antro
→ Middle French: antre
- → English: antre
- French: antre
→ Portuguese: antro
→ Spanish: antro

References

“antrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“antrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
antrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
antrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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