clavicula

See also: clavícula

English

Etymology

From Latin clāvīcula.

Noun

clavicula (plural claviculae)

  1. Clavicle.

Latin

Etymology

From clāvis (key) + -cula.

Pronunciation

Noun

clāvicula f (genitive clāviculae); first declension

  1. little key
  2. tendril of a vine
  3. pivot
  4. (anatomy) clavicle, collar bone

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clāvicula clāviculae
Genitive clāviculae clāviculārum
Dative clāviculae clāviculīs
Accusative clāviculam clāviculās
Ablative clāviculā clāviculīs
Vocative clāvicula clāviculae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: claviculă (borrowed)
  • Romansh: tganveala
  • Sardinian: cabija, cabiga, crabiga, crapica, cabígia, cabíciu, carícia, chelvija, chelfija
  • Sicilian: cavicchia, cavigghia
  • Spanish: clavícula (borrowed), clavija (semi-learned), lavija, llavija
  • Venetian: caécia, caìcia, caùcia, caùcio

References

  • clavicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clavicula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clavicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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