canalicula
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.naːˈli.ku.la/, [känäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.naˈli.ku.la/, [känäˈliːkulä]
Noun
canālicula f (genitive canāliculae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | canālicula | canāliculae |
Genitive | canāliculae | canāliculārum |
Dative | canāliculae | canāliculīs |
Accusative | canāliculam | canāliculās |
Ablative | canāliculā | canāliculīs |
Vocative | canālicula | canāliculae |
Synonyms
- (small channel, pipe or gutter): canāliculus
- (gutter-splint): canāliculus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “canalicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press