multifidus

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English

Etymology

From Latin multifidus. Doublet of multifid and multifidous.

Noun

multifidus (plural multifidi)

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  1. (anatomy) A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy and tendinous fasciculi that fill up the groove on either side of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, from the sacrum to the axis.

Latin

Etymology

From multi- (“many”) +‎ -fidus, from findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

multifidus (feminine multifida, neuter multifidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. multifid, split into many parts
    multifidī crīnēs ― hair parted into many locks

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative multifidus multifida multifidum multifidī multifidae multifida
Genitive multifidī multifidae multifidī multifidōrum multifidārum multifidōrum
Dative multifidō multifidō multifidīs
Accusative multifidum multifidam multifidum multifidōs multifidās multifida
Ablative multifidō multifidā multifidō multifidīs
Vocative multifide multifida multifidum multifidī multifidae multifida

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • English: multifid, multifidus
  • Romanian: multifid

References

  • “multifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “multifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • multifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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