thalamus
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English
Etymology
From Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
thalamus (plural thalami or thalamuses)
- (neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
- Holonym: diencephalon
- (botany) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
- A thallus.
- An inner room or nuptial chamber.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
anatomy: structure within forebrain
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botany:receptacle of a flower — see receptacle
thallus — see thallus
Further reading
- “thalamus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “thalamus”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “thalamus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
thalamus m inan
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos).
Noun
thalamus m (plural thalamus)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “thalamus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner room”), especially from Homer.
Pronunciation
Noun
thalamus m (genitive thalamī); second declension
- inner room, apartment of a house
- bedroom, chamber
- marriage bed
- (by extension, figuratively) marriage
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | thalamus | thalamī |
| Genitive | thalamī | thalamōrum |
| Dative | thalamō | thalamīs |
| Accusative | thalamum | thalamōs |
| Ablative | thalamō | thalamīs |
| Vocative | thalame | thalamī |
Descendants
References
- “thalamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “thalamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- thalamus 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)
- thalamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “thalamus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “thalamus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray