fornix
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See also: fórnix
English
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fornix (plural fornices)
- (anatomy) An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
- The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
- (neuroanatomy) A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
- The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.
Derived terms
Translations
archlike or vaulted structure or fold
brain part
References
- “fornix”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “fornix”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
Etymology
Probably akin to Latin fornāx and furnus, fornus (“furnace”), and derived from the latter as *fornikos (“vaulted like a furnace”): typologically compare Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos, “furnace”) beside καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”), both possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, to curve”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fornix m (genitive fornicis); third declension
Inflection
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fornix | fornicēs |
| Genitive | fornicis | fornicum |
| Dative | fornicī | fornicibus |
| Accusative | fornicem | fornicēs |
| Ablative | fornice | fornicibus |
| Vocative | fornix | fornicēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Descendants of fornix in other languages
References
- ^ Rich, Anthony (1849) “fornax”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon, London: Longmans, page 297a
- ^ Walde, Alois (1921) “Lateinische Etymologien”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 39, pages 74–75
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “fornix”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 534
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fornix”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 248b
- ^ Balles, Irene (2008) Rosemarie Lühr, editor, Nominale Wortbildung des Indogermanischen in Grundzügen. Vol. 1: Latein, Altgriechisch (Philologia; 121) (in German), Hamburg: Dr. Kovač, page 50
Further reading
- “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fornix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fornix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fornix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fornix in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “fornix”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Rich, Anthony (1849) “fornix”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon, London: Longmans, pages 297–298