serrula
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin serrula (“a little saw”).
Noun
serrula (plural serrulas or serrulae)
- (zoology) A kind of tooth found in spiders.
- (zoology) One of the serrated appendages of the throat of the mudfish.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
serra + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Noun
serrula f (genitive serrulae); first declension
- small saw
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | serrula | serrulae |
Genitive | serrulae | serrulārum |
Dative | serrulae | serrulīs |
Accusative | serrulam | serrulās |
Ablative | serrulā | serrulīs |
Vocative | serrula | serrulae |
References
- “serrula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “serrula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- serrula 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)
- serrula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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