geniculum
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English
Noun
geniculum (plural genicula)
- A small genu, or angular knee-like structure, especially (anatomy) a sharp knee-like bend in a small structure or organ.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡeˈni.ku.lum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈni.ku.lum/,
Noun
geniculum n (genitive geniculī); second declension
- diminutive of genū:
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | geniculum | genicula |
| genitive | geniculī | geniculōrum |
| dative | geniculō | geniculīs |
| accusative | geniculum | genicula |
| ablative | geniculō | geniculīs |
| vocative | geniculum | genicula |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Late Latin: genuculum (see there for further descendants)
References
- “geniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- geniculum 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)
- geniculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.