lingula

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English

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Etymology

From Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lingula (plural lingulas or lingulae)

  1. (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
  2. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
  3. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lingula.

Pronunciation

Noun

lingula f (plural lingule)

  1. (anatomy) lingula
  2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

Latin

A lingula on a Greek statue of the Roman period, a strap along the instep originally specific in the classical period to Spartan fashion

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lingua (“tongue”) +‎ -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”), possibly influenced by lingō (“I lick”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lingula f (genitive lingulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of lingua, tongue, tonguelet, used particularly for
    1. tongue, a narrow strip of land
    2. tongue, a flap, strap, or latchet of a shoe
    3. (historical) lingula, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 11 mL
    4. skimmer, ladle, spoon, utensils for serving small amounts of wine, food, &c.
    5. shortsword
    6. tongue, the reed of a flute
    7. lower arm, the shorter end of a lever, opposite the fulcrum from the user
    8. lower beam, the shorter side of the beam on some designs of scalebeam
    9. cuttlefish, particularly some species considered to be particularly similar to the shape of the tongue
    10. point, the pointed end of a post or stake, inserted into the ground
    11. tongue, a tongue-shaped extremity of a Roman water-pipe

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lingula lingulae
Genitive lingulae lingulārum
Dative lingulae lingulīs
Accusative lingulam lingulās
Ablative lingulā lingulīs
Vocative lingula lingulae

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Descendants

  • Aromanian: lingurã
  • Romanian: lingură
  • → English: lingula
  • → Italian: lingula

References

  • “lingula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lingula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lingula 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)
  • lingula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lingula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Swedish

Adjective

lingula

  1. inflection of lingul:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural
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