cuticula
See also: cutícula
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.
Noun
cuticula (plural cuticulae)
- (zoology, botany) A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.
Synonyms
Translations
covering outside epidermis — see cuticle
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of cutis (“covering”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kuˈtiː.ku.la/, [kʊˈt̪iːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈti.ku.la/, [kuˈt̪iːkulä]
Noun
cutīcula f (genitive cutīculae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cutīcula | cutīculae |
Genitive | cutīculae | cutīculārum |
Dative | cutīculae | cutīculīs |
Accusative | cutīculam | cutīculās |
Ablative | cutīculā | cutīculīs |
Vocative | cutīcula | cutīculae |
Descendants
- Catalan: cutícula
- English: cuticle, cuticula
- Galician: cutícula
- Portuguese: cutícula
- Russian: кути́кула (kutíkula)
- Spanish: cutícula
References
- “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cuticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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