canalicula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.naːˈli.ku.la/, [känäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈli.ku.la/, [känäˈliːkulä]

Noun

canālicula f (genitive canāliculae); first declension

1. A small channel, pipe or gutter.
2. A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canālicula	canāliculae
Genitive	canāliculae	canāliculārum
Dative	canāliculae	canāliculīs
Accusative	canāliculam	canāliculās
Ablative	canāliculā	canāliculīs
Vocative	canālicula	canāliculae

Synonyms

• (small channel, pipe or gutter): canāliculus
• (gutter-splint): canāliculus

Related terms

• canālicius
• canāliculātus
• canāliculus
• canāliēnsis
• canālis
• canna
• cannamella
• cannētum
• canneus
• cannula

Descendants

• Galician: quella, quenlla
• Portuguese: quelha

References

• “canalicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press