canaliculus

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Etymology

From Latin canāliculus (“small channel, pipe or gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

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Noun

canaliculus (plural canaliculi)

  1. (anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

canāliculus m (genitive canāliculī); second declension

  1. A small channel, pipe or gutter.
  2. A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canāliculus canāliculī
Genitive canāliculī canāliculōrum
Dative canāliculō canāliculīs
Accusative canāliculum canāliculōs
Ablative canāliculō canāliculīs
Vocative canālicule canāliculī

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References

  • “canaliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • canaliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “canaliculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • canaliculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “canaliculus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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