fornix

Latin fornix

fornix (plural fornices)

1. (anatomy) An archlike structure or fold.
2. (anatomy) Specifically, the arched bundle of fibres or axons at the base of the brain.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.niks/, [ˈfɔr.nɪks]

fornix m (genitive fornicis); third declension

1. arch, vault
2. brothel (in a cellar)

Third declension.

• fornicor

• English: fornix
• Portuguese: fórnice
• Spanish: fórnix

• fornix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fornix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fornix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fornix in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornix in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• fornix in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin