calyx

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.2.3 Descendants 2.2.4 See also 2.3 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kalux), “‘case of a bud, husk’”).

[edit] Noun

calyx (plural calyces or calyxes)

1. (anatomy) A cup-like structure in the mammalian kidney.
2. (botany) Collective term for the sepals of a flower, i.e. the outermost whorl of flower parts, when this is not the same in appearance as the next such whorl (the corolla).
3. (zoology) The crown of a crinoid.

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kalux), “‘case of a bud, husk’”).

[edit] Noun

calyx (genitive calycis); m, third declension

1. The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.
2. A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.
3. (by extension) The shell of fruits, pericarp.
4. (by extension) An eggshell.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	calyx	calycēs
genitive	calycis	calycum
dative	calycī	calycibus
accusative	calycem	calycēs
ablative	calyce	calycibus
vocative	calyx	calycēs

[edit] Derived terms

• calyculus

[edit] Descendants

• English: calyx
• French: calice

[edit] See also

• calix

[edit] References

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