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See also: Angulus
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin angulus (“an angle”). Doublet of angle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡjəl.əs/
Noun
[edit]angulus (plural anguli)
- (anatomy) An angle or corner, such as the angular portion of the stomach between the lesser curvature and the pylorus.
- Synonym: gastric angle
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- “angulus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “angulus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “angulus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- anglus (late, proscribed)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *angulos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”), from *h₂eng- (“bend, curve”).[1]
Cognates include Sanskrit अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri, “finger, toe”), Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”), Old High German enchil (“ankle, joint”), Icelandic ekkja and Old Church Slavonic ѫгълъ (ǫgŭlŭ, “angle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡu.lus/, [ˈäŋɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡu.lus/, [ˈäŋɡulus]
Noun
[edit]angulus m (genitive angulī); second declension
- (mathematics) An angle.
- A corner.
- A retired, unfrequented place, a nook, corner, lurking place.
- A projection of the sea into the land, a bay, gulf.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | angulus | angulī |
Genitive | angulī | angulōrum |
Dative | angulō | angulīs |
Accusative | angulum | angulōs |
Ablative | angulō | angulīs |
Vocative | angule | angulī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Descendants of angulus in other languages
References
[edit]- “angulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “angulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- angulus 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)
- “angulus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “angulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 42-3
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