calcaneum

English

Etymology

From Latin calx, calcis (“heel”).

Noun

calcaneum (plural calcaneums or calcanea)

1. (anatomy) The calcaneus.

Derived terms

• astragalocalcaneum

 

References

• “calcaneum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Alternative forms

• calcāneus

Etymology

From calx (“heel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈkaː.ne.um/, [käɫ̪ˈkäːneʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈka.ne.um/, [kälˈkäːneum]

Noun

calcāneum n (genitive calcāneī); second declension

1. heel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calcāneum	calcānea
Genitive	calcāneī	calcāneōrum
Dative	calcāneō	calcāneīs
Accusative	calcāneum	calcānea
Ablative	calcāneō	calcāneīs
Vocative	calcāneum	calcānea

Related terms

• calcō
• calx

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: cãlcãnju, cãlcãnjiu
  • Megleno-Romanian: călcǫn'
  • Romanian: călcâi
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: calcagno
  • Sicilian: carcagnu
  • Venetian: calcagno
• Island Romance:
  • Sardinian: calcanzu, carcàngiu, carcanzu
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: calcagn
  • Romansch: chaltgogn, calcogn, chalchagn
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: calcany (archaic)
  • Occitan: caucàgn (Gascon dial.)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: calcañu
  • Galician: calcañar, calcañeira (dial.), calcañeiro (argot), calcáneo, cancañeira (dial.)
  • Portuguese: calcanho (slang/argot), calcanhar
  • Spanish: calcaño (archaic or dial.), calcañar, carcañal

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: calcani
• → English: calcaneum
• → Portuguese: calcâneo
• → Spanish: calcáneo

References

• “calcaneum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calcaneum 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)
• calcaneum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.