femur
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[edit] English
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[edit] Noun
femur (plural femurs or femora)
- (anatomy) A thighbone.
- A segment of an insect’s leg.
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thighbone
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
femur (genitive femoris); n, third declension
- thigh
- (architecture) the space between the grooves of a triglyph
- (figuratively) the loins; capacity to produce children.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | femur | femora |
| genitive | femoris | femorum |
| dative | femorī | femoribus |
| accusative | femur | femora |
| ablative | femore | femoribus |
| vocative | femur | femora |
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[edit] References
- “femur” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)

