lemniscus

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnískos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) +‎ -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lemniscus (plural lemniscuses or lemnisci)

  1. (zoology) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
  2. A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc.
  3. (anatomy) A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnískos, “woollen fillet, ribbon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lēmniscus m (genitive lēmniscī); second declension

  1. A pendent ribbon

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lēmniscus lēmniscī
genitive lēmniscī lēmniscōrum
dative lēmniscō lēmniscīs
accusative lēmniscum lēmniscōs
ablative lēmniscō lēmniscīs
vocative lēmnisce lēmniscī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: lemnisc
  • Galician: lemnisco
  • Italian: lemnisco
  • Portuguese: lemnisco
  • Spanish: lemnisco

References

  • “lemniscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lemniscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lemniscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lemniscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lemniscus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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