fibula

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See also: fíbula and fibulă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fībula (clasp, buckle).

Noun

Location of the fibula in the skeletal structure of the leg.
Jewelled Germanic fibulae from the 5th century.

fibula (plural fibulas or fibulae or fibulæ)

  1. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone.
  2. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fībula. Doublet of the inherited fibbia.

Noun

fibula f (plural fibule)

  1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

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Latin

Etymology

From fī(gō) +‎ -bula.

Pronunciation

Noun

fībula f (genitive fībulae); first declension

  1. clasp, buckle, brooch

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fībula fībulae
Genitive fībulae fībulārum
Dative fībulae fībulīs
Accusative fībulam fībulās
Ablative fībulā fībulīs
Vocative fībula fībulae

Descendants

  • Catalan: fíbula, sivella
  • English: fibula
  • French: fibule
  • Friulian: fiube
  • Galician: fíbula, fibela

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References

  • fibula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fibula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fibula 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)
  • fibula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • fibula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fibula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fibula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fîbula/
  • Hyphenation: fi‧bu‧la

Noun

fȉbula f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏була)

  1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

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