clavula

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāvula (“scion, graft”).

Noun

clavula (plural clavulas or clavulae)

  1. A ciliated bristle of some sea urchins
  2. A spicule of some sponges

Latin

Etymology

Effectively a diminutive from clāva (“staff, club”) +‎ -ula. Given the apparent cognate in Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf, name of a sacrificial instrument), Proto-Italic *klāwelā is reconstructible.

Pronunciation

Noun

clāvula f (genitive clāvulae); first declension

  1. graft, scion

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative clāvula clāvulae
genitive clāvulae clāvulārum
dative clāvulae clāvulīs
accusative clāvulam clāvulās
ablative clāvulā clāvulīs
vocative clāvula clāvulae

Descendants

  • English: clavula

See also

References

  • “clavula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clavula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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