Talk:vasa vasorum
Latest comment: 2 years ago by 1.145.98.103 in topic Singular
Singular
[edit]Vasa vasorum is stipulated to be already plural, meaning literally "the [little] vessels of the [big] vessels". How about singular?
According to the Wiktionary etymology, and with reference to the table of declensions for the Latin root word vas (I'm not a native speaker of Latin!), I suppose that there are two logical and anatomically relevant options:
- vasa vasis = "the [little] vessels of a [big] vessel", for instance the little blood vessels that supply the aorta;
- vas vasis = "a [little] vessel of a [big] vessel", for instance one of the little blood vessels that supply the aorta.
Neither of the above singular forms appears to be in common use. But examples do appear in the literature.