acetabulum
English
Etymology
Latin acetabulum (“a little saucer for vinegar”)
Noun
acetabulum (plural acetabula or acetabulums)
- (Roman Antiquities) a vinegar cup
- (Roman Antiquities) the socket of the hipbone
- (Roman Antiquities) a measure of about one eighth of a pint
- (anatomy) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
- (anatomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
- (anatomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
- (anatomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
- (anatomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
Derived terms
Translations
Roman Antiquities: Vinegar cup
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Roman Antiquities: Socket of the hipbone
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Roman Antiquities: about one eighth of a pint
Anatomy: bony cup that receives the head of the thigh bone
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Anatomy: Cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted
Anatomy: One of the lobes of the placenta in the ruminating animals
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.keːˈtaː.bu.lum/, [a.keːˈtaː.bʊ.ɫʊ̃]
Noun
acētābulum n (genitive acētābulī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | acētābulum | acētābula |
Genitive | acētābulī | acētābulōrum |
Dative | acētābulō | acētābulīs |
Accusative | acētābulum | acētābula |
Ablative | acētābulō | acētābulīs |
Vocative | acētābulum | acētābula |
Descendants
- English: acetabulum
- French: acétabule
- Italian: acetabolo
- Portuguese: acetábulo
- Romanian: acetabul
References
- acetabulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acetabulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- acetabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- acetabulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acetabulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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