fimbriae

See also: fimbriæ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪm.bɹi.i/

Noun

fimbriae

1. plural of fimbria

Latin

Etymology

Unclear. Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root common to fīlum (“thread, yarn”) and fibra (“fibre”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.ae̯/, [ˈfɪmbriäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.e/, [ˈfimbrie]

Noun

fimbriae f pl (genitive fimbriārum); first declension (plural only)

1. Fibres, threads, shreds, fibrous part, fringe.

Inflection

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	fimbriae
Genitive	fimbriārum
Dative	fimbriīs
Accusative	fimbriās
Ablative	fimbriīs
Vocative	fimbriae

Derived terms

• fimbriātus (adjective)

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *frimbia
  • Old French: frenge, fringe (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle English: frenge, frang
      • English: fringe

Noun

fimbriae f

1. inflection of fimbria:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

References

• “fimbriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fimbriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fimbriae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fimbriae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fimbriae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fimbriae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin