lagena
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See also: lägena
English
Etymology
From Latin lagēna (“flagon; large flask”), from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos, “flask, pitcher”). Alternative form of λᾰ́γῡνος (lágūnos).
Noun
lagena (plural lagenas or lagenae or lagenæ)
- (anatomy) The upper part of the cochlear duct.
- (anatomy) A similar structure, shaped like a flask, that is a hearing organ in some vertebrates.
- (historical) A wine-vase; an amphora.
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /laˈɡeː.na/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈd͡ʒe.na/,
Noun
lagēna f (genitive lagēnae); first declension
- Alternative form of lagoena
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lagēna | lagēnae |
| genitive | lagēnae | lagēnārum |
| dative | lagēnae | lagēnīs |
| accusative | lagēnam | lagēnās |
| ablative | lagēnā | lagēnīs |
| vocative | lagēna | lagēnae |
Descendants
- Portuguese: laje, lájea, lajem, laja
- → Arabic: لَجَانَة (lajāna) (super-rare)
- → English: lagena
- → Swedish: lägel
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “lagena”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 518
- “lagena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lagena 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)
- lagena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.