occiput
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occiput (“the back part of the head”). Compare sinciput.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑk.səˌpʌt/, /ˈɑk.səp.ət/
Noun
occiput (plural occipita or occiputs)
- (chiefly anatomy) The back part of the head or skull.
- Antonym: sinciput
- 1953, Isaac Asimov, “9: The Conspirators”, in Second Foundation (Foundation Series), Panther Books Ltd, Part II: Search by the Foundation, page 95:
- And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput.
- 2002, Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel, published 2008:
- He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’.
Derived terms
- basiocciput
- occipital (adjective)
- occipito-, occipit-
- supraocciput
Translations
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References
- “occiput”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “occiput”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “occiput”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “occiput”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
occiput m (plural occiputs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “occiput”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From ob- (“at, before, over”) + caput (“the head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
occiput n (genitive occipitis); third declension
Inflection
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | occiput | occipita |
| Genitive | occipitis | occipitum |
| Dative | occipitī | occipitibus |
| Accusative | occiput | occipita |
| Ablative | occipite occipitī |
occipitibus |
| Vocative | occiput | occipita |
Derived terms
- occipitium
- occipitālis (New Latin)
Descendants
References
- “occiput”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- occiput in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin occiput.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: oc‧ci‧put
Noun
occiput m (plural occiputs)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French occiput, from Latin occiput.
Noun
occiput n (plural occiputuri)
Declension
Declension of occiput
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) occiput | occiputul | (niște) occiputuri | occiputurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) occiput | occiputului | (unor) occiputuri | occiputurilor |
| vocative | occiputule | occiputurilor | ||