glandulae
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡlan.du.lae̯/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡlan.du.le/,
Etymology 1
Plural of glandula (“a little acorn”).
Noun
glandulae f pl (genitive glandulārum); first declension
- (anatomy) glands of the throat; tonsils
- Synonym: tōnsillae
- (medicine) swollen glands in the neck, enlarged tonsils
Inflection
First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | glandulae |
| genitive | glandulārum |
| dative | glandulīs |
| accusative | glandulās |
| ablative | glandulīs |
| vocative | glandulae |
Derived terms
- glandulōsus (adjective)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
glandulae f
References
- “glandulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- glandulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.