baculum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin baculum (“stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
baculum (plural baculums or bacula)
- A bone found in the penis of some mammals.
- Synonyms: os penis, penis bone, penile bone
- 2018 January 24, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:
- Bacula can be straight rods, s-shaped curves, or even bizarre, flared scoops.
- A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen.
- 1993, M. R. Saxena, Palynology: A Treatise, page 34:
- The sexine usually consists of two main parts, a partially or wholly covering layer — the tectum (roof) and below that the rods or rod-like elements — the bacules (baculum, columella).
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Translations[edit]
bone found in the penis of some mammals
Dutch[edit]
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Noun[edit]
baculum n (plural bacula)
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- baculus (rare)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *baktlom, from *bak- (“stick”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron), βακτηρία (baktēría), English peg. See also beccus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈba.ku.lum/, [ˈba.kʊ.ɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈba.ku.lum/, [ˈbaː.ku.lum]
Noun[edit]
baculum n (genitive baculī); second declension
- walking stick, cane, staff
- sceptre, rod
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) a support, stay
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) crosier
- stick, cudgel
- (zoology) a penis bone
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | baculum | bacula |
Genitive | baculī | baculōrum |
Dative | baculō | baculīs |
Accusative | baculum | bacula |
Ablative | baculō | baculīs |
Vocative | baculum | bacula |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: bàcul
- English: baculum
- French: bâcle
- Galician: bagoo (archaic), báculo (borrowing)
- Irish: bachall
- Italian: abbacchio, bacchio, bacolo
- Portuguese báculo
- Spanish báculo
References[edit]
- baculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- baculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- baculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- baculum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- baculum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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