cochlea
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒk.li.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/, /ˈkɑk.li.ə/
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.
Derived terms
Translations
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References
- “cochlea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cochlea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlíās, “snail with a spiral shell”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈko.kʰle.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kle.a/,
Noun
cochlea f (genitive cochleae); first declension
- snail
- in cochleam ― snail-shaped, in the shape of a spiral
- (metonymically)
- 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.
Inflection
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cochlea | cochleae |
| genitive | cochleae | cochleārum |
| dative | cochleae | cochleīs |
| accusative | cochleam | cochleās |
| ablative | cochleā | cochleīs |
| vocative | cochlea | cochleae |
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
References
- “cochlea” on page 373 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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