ventriculus

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventriculus (plural ventriculi)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.

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Latin

Etymology

From venter (“the belly”) +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventriculus m (genitive ventriculī); second declension

  1. (literal) the belly
  2. (transferred sense, anatomy)
    1. the stomach
    2. a ventricle of the heart
    3. a ventricle of the brain
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Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ventriculus ventriculī
Genitive ventriculī ventriculōrum
Dative ventriculō ventriculīs
Accusative ventriculum ventriculōs
Ablative ventriculō ventriculīs
Vocative ventricule ventriculī

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References

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