canaliculus

English

Etymology

From Latin canāliculus (“small channel, pipe or gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkænəˈlɪkjələs/
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs

Noun

canaliculus (plural canaliculi)

1. (anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants

Derived terms

• lacrimal canaliculus

Translations

anatomy: small canal

• Finnish: kanava (fi)

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.naːˈli.ku.lus/, [känäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.naˈli.ku.lus/, [känäˈliːkulus]

Noun

canāliculus m (genitive canāliculī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canāliculus	canāliculī
Genitive	canāliculī	canāliculōrum
Dative	canāliculō	canāliculīs
Accusative	canāliculum	canāliculōs
Ablative	canāliculō	canāliculīs
Vocative	canālicule	canāliculī

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• canāliculātus

Related terms

• canālicius
• canālicula
• canāliēnsis
• canālis
• canna
• cannamella
• cannētum
• canneus
• cannula

Descendants

• → English: canaliculus
• Italian: canalicolo
• → Portuguese: canalículo (learned)
• Sicilian: canalicchiu

References

• “canaliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canaliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “canaliculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canaliculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “canaliculus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin