diaphragma

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

diaphragma

  1. third-person singular past historic of diaphragmer

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma).

Pronunciation

Noun

diaphragma n (genitive diaphragmatis); third declension

  1. diaphragm (all senses)
  2. septum, partition
  3. midriff

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diaphragma diaphragmata
Genitive diaphragmatis diaphragmatum
Dative diaphragmatī diaphragmatibus
Accusative diaphragma diaphragmata
Ablative diaphragmate diaphragmatibus
Vocative diaphragma diaphragmata

References

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