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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cochlea ( “ a snail ” ) , from Ancient Greek κόχλιας ( kókhlias , “ a snail with a spiral shell ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
cochlea (plural cochleae or cochleas )
( anatomy ) The complex, spirally coiled , tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates , which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses .
A spiral -shaped shell, especially that of a snail .
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς ( kokhlĭ́ās , “ snail with a spiral shell ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
cochlea f (genitive cochleae ) ; first declension
snail
in cochleam ― snail-shaped, in the shape of a spiral
snailshell
( metonymic )
spiral ( form of a snailshell )
screw of a press
Archimedes' screw , water screw , screw pump ( machine for drawing water by raising it )
A kind of revolving door .
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Inflection
First-declension noun.
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References
Further reading
“cochlea ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cochlea ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
cochlea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
“cochlea ”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers
“cochlea ”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890 ), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English cochlea .
Noun
cochlea m (plural cochleâu )
( anatomy ) cochlea
Synonym: cogwrn clust ( literally “ ear's shell ” )
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cochlea ”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary , Gwerin