fimbriae

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English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fimbriae

  1. plural of fimbria

Latin

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Etymology

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Unclear. Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root common to fīlum (thread, yarn) and fibra (fibre).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fimbriae f pl (genitive fimbriārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. Fibres, threads, shreds, fibrous part, fringe.

Inflection

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First-declension noun, plural only.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Vulgar Latin: *frimbia

Noun

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fimbriae f

  1. inflection of fimbria:
    1. genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

References

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