clavula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāvula (“scion, graft”).

Noun

clavula (plural clavulas or clavulae)

1. A ciliated bristle of some sea urchins
2. A spicule of some sponges

Latin

Etymology

Effectively a diminutive from clāva (“staff, club”) +‎ -ula. Given the apparent cognate in Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf, name of a sacrificial instrument), Proto-Italic *klāwelā is reconstructible.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.u̯u.la/, [ˈkɫ̪äːu̯ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkla.vu.la/, [ˈkläːvulä]

Noun

clāvula f (genitive clāvulae); first declension

1. graft, scion

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clāvula	clāvulae
Genitive	clāvulae	clāvulārum
Dative	clāvulae	clāvulīs
Accusative	clāvulam	clāvulās
Ablative	clāvulā	clāvulīs
Vocative	clāvula	clāvulae

Related terms

• clāva

Descendants

• English: clavula

See also

• clāvulus

References

• “clavula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clavula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.