cuticula

See also: cutícula

English

Etymology

From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə

Noun

cuticula (plural cuticulae)

1. (zoology, botany) A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.

Synonyms

• cuticle

Translations

covering outside epidermis — see cuticle

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of cutis (“covering”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuˈtiː.ku.la/, [kʊˈt̪iːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈti.ku.la/, [kuˈt̪iːkulä]

Noun

cutīcula f (genitive cutīculae); first declension

1. skin
2. cuticle

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cutīcula	cutīculae
Genitive	cutīculae	cutīculārum
Dative	cutīculae	cutīculīs
Accusative	cutīculam	cutīculās
Ablative	cutīculā	cutīculīs
Vocative	cutīcula	cutīculae

Descendants

• Catalan: cutícula
• English: cuticle, cuticula
• Galician: cutícula
• Italian: cuticola
• Portuguese: cutícula
• Russian: кути́кула (kutíkula)
• Spanish: cutícula

References

• “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cuticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.