fasciculus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fasciculus. Doublet of fascicle.
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.
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of fascis (“bundle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fasciculus m (genitive fasciculī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
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)
Related terms[edit]
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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- English unadapted borrowings from Latin
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- English doublets
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Latin 4-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension