geniculum
English
editNoun
editgeniculum (plural genicula)
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡeˈni.ku.lum/, [ɡɛˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈni.ku.lum/, [d͡ʒeˈniːkulum]
Noun
editgeniculum n (genitive geniculī); second declension
- diminutive of genū:
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | geniculum | genicula |
Genitive | geniculī | geniculōrum |
Dative | geniculō | geniculīs |
Accusative | geniculum | genicula |
Ablative | geniculō | geniculīs |
Vocative | geniculum | genicula |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Late Latin: genuculum (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- “geniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- geniculum 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)
- geniculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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