fimbriae

See also: fimbriæ

English

Noun

fimbriae

1. plural of fimbria

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.ae̯/, [ˈfɪmbriäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.e/, [ˈfimbrie]

Noun

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

1. fibres, threads, shreds, fringe

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	fimbriae
Genitive	fimbriārum
Dative	fimbriīs
Accusative	fimbriās
Ablative	fimbriīs
Vocative	fimbriae

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fimbriae

1. nominative plural of fimbria
2. genitive singular of fimbria
3. dative singular of fimbria
4. vocative plural of fimbria

References

• “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