cochlea
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cochlea (plural cochleas or cochleae)
- (anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
- A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.
Derived terms
Translations
the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈko.kʰle.a/, [ˈkɔkʰɫ̪eä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kle.a/, [ˈkɔːkleä]
Noun
cochlea f (genitive cochleae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cochlea | cochleae |
Genitive | cochleae | cochleārum |
Dative | cochleae | cochleīs |
Accusative | cochleam | cochleās |
Ablative | cochleā | cochleīs |
Vocative | cochlea | cochleae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: còclea
- English: cochlea
- Italian: chiocciola, coclea
References
- “cochlea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cochlea 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)
- cochlea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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