malleus

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Synonyms 2.3.3 Derived terms 2.3.4 Descendants

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Latin malleus (“‘hammer, mallet’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈmæl.i.əs/
• Rhymes: -æliəs

[edit] Noun

malleus (plural mallei)

1. (anatomy) The small hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear.

[edit] Synonyms

• (bone of the middle ear): hammer

[edit] Derived terms

• malleal
• mallear

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[edit] Latin

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₁- (“‘to grind, crush’”), whence also molō (“‘I grind’”). Compare similar semantic development from the same PIE root in Old Church Slavonic млатъ (mlatŭ), “‘hammer’”), beside the usual reflex млѣти (mlěti).

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• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmal.le.us/
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[edit] Noun

malleus (genitive malleī); m, second declension

1. hammer, mallet
2. a disease of animals
3. (New Latin) the malleus, a small bone in the middle ear

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Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	malleus	malleī
genitive	malleī	malleōrum
dative	malleō	malleīs
accusative	malleum	malleōs
ablative	malleō	malleīs
vocative	mallee	malleī

[edit] Synonyms

• martellus (Late Latin)

[edit] Derived terms

• malleātor
• malleātus
• malleolus

[edit] Descendants

• English: mallet, malleus