branchia
English
Etymology
From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
Noun
branchia (plural branchiae)
- A gill or other organ having the same function.
Translations
gill or other organ having the same function
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Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
Pronunciation
Noun
branchia f (plural branchie)
Related terms
Latin
Noun
branchia f (genitive branchiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | branchia | branchiae |
Genitive | branchiae | branchiārum |
Dative | branchiae | branchiīs |
Accusative | branchiam | branchiās |
Ablative | branchiā | branchiīs |
Vocative | branchia | branchiae |
Descendants
- English: branchiate
References
- “branchia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- branchia 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)
- branchia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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