clavicula

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See also: Clavicula and clavícula

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin clāvicula (“the collarbone”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).

Pronunciation

Noun

clavicula (plural claviculae or (archaic) claviculæ)

  1. (anatomy) Alternative form of clavicle.

References

Latin

Etymology

From clāvis (“a key”) +‎ -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

clāvicula f (genitive clāviculae); first declension

  1. a little key
  2. (botany) the tendril of a vine
  3. a bar or bolt of a door
  4. a pivot
  5. (New Latin, anatomy) the clavicle, collar bone
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative clāvicula clāviculae
genitive clāviculae clāviculārum
dative clāviculae clāviculīs
accusative clāviculam clāviculās
ablative clāviculā clāviculīs
vocative clāvicula clāviculae

Derived terms

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: chevelye, chevlye, chvely, stevelye

References

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