cartilago

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See also: cartílago

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), the same source as Latin crātis (“wickerwork”) and Ancient Greek κροτώνη (krotṓnē, “excrescence on a tree”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cartilāgō f (genitive cartilāginis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) Cartilage, gristle.
  2. (botany) A substance harder than pulp but softer than woody fiber.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cartilāgō cartilāginēs
genitive cartilāginis cartilāginum
dative cartilāginī cartilāginibus
accusative cartilāginem cartilāginēs
ablative cartilāgine cartilāginibus
vocative cartilāgō cartilāginēs

Derived terms

Descendants

→ French: cartilage

→ English: cartilage

→ Spanish: cartílago

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “cartilago”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 174
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