fasciculus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fasciculus. Doublet of fascicle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fasciculus (plural fasciculi)
- (anatomy) A small bundle of nerve, muscle or tendon fibers.
- One of the divisions of a book published in separate parts; a fascicle.
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of fascis (“bundle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fasˈki.ku.lus/, [fäs̠ˈkɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /faʃˈʃi.ku.lus/, [fäʃˈʃiːkulus]
Noun[edit]
fasciculus m (genitive fasciculī); second declension
- A small bundle or package (esp. of letters or rolls).
- Fasciculus epistolarum aqua madidus redditus erat
- The packet of letters was soaked in water
- Ne forte sub ala fasciculum portes librorum ut rusticus agnum
- Try not to carry the packet of books under your arm like a farmer carries a lamb
- A bunch of flowers, nosegay.
- (New Latin, computing) A computer file
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fasciculus | fasciculī |
Genitive | fasciculī | fasciculōrum |
Dative | fasciculō | fasciculīs |
Accusative | fasciculum | fasciculōs |
Ablative | fasciculō | fasciculīs |
Vocative | fascicule | fasciculī |
Derived terms[edit]
- fasciculāria
- fasciculus arcuātus (New Latin)
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Descendants[edit]
- English: fascicle, fasciculus
- French: fascicule
- German: Faszikel
- Italian: fascicolo
- Portuguese: fascículo
References[edit]
- “fasciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fasciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fasciculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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