paxillus

See also: Paxillus

English

Etymology

From Latin paxillus (“peg”)

Noun

paxillus (plural paxilli)

(zoology) A kind of pillar-like spine with a flattened summit covered with minute spinules or granules, covering the surface of certain starfishes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paxillus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive noun of pālus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pakˈsil.lus/, [pakˈsɪl.lʊs]

Noun

paxillus m (genitive paxillī); second declension

peg, pin, small stake

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	paxillus	paxillī
Genitive	paxillī	paxillōrum
Dative	paxillō	paxillīs
Accusative	paxillum	paxillōs
Ablative	paxillō	paxillīs
Vocative	paxille	paxillī

Descendants

Bourguignon: paisseâ

References

paxillus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
paxillus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
paxillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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