bacillus

See also: Bacillus and Bacilli

English
bacilli

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin bacillus (“little staff, wand”), diminutive of baculum "stick, staff, walking stick.”

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bæˈsɪl.əs/

Noun

bacillus (plural bacilli)

  1. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
    • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus
      'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
  2. Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacteria.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of baculus (“staff, walking stick”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈkil.lus/, [baˈkɪl.lʊs]

Noun

bacillus m (genitive bacillī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of bacillum

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bacillus bacillī
Genitive bacillī bacillōrum
Dative bacillō bacillīs
Accusative bacillum bacillōs
Ablative bacillō bacillīs
Vocative bacille bacillī

Descendants

References
  • bacillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • bacillus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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