vomer

See also: vómer, vòmer, and vômer

English
WOTD – 9 August 2010

Etymology

From Latin vōmer (“ploughshare”).

Noun

vomer (plural vomers)

  1. (anatomy) The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.

Translations
vomer bone — see vomer bone

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vōmer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɔ.mɛʁ/
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Noun

vomer m (plural vomers)

  1. vomer, vomer bone

Further reading

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwoː.mer/, [ˈwoː.mɛr]

Noun

vōmer m (genitive vōmeris); third declension

  1. ploughshare
  2. (informal) penis

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vōmer vōmerēs
Genitive vōmeris vōmerum
Dative vōmerī vōmeribus
Accusative vōmerem vōmerēs
Ablative vōmere vōmeribus
Vocative vōmer vōmerēs

Derived terms
  • vōmeronāsālis

Descendants

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