flagellum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin flagellum (“whip”), diminutive of flagrum, from Proto-Indo-European *bhlag (“to strike”).
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Noun[edit]
flagellum (plural flagella or flagellums or flagellae)
- (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
- (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
- A whip
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Translations[edit]
long whiplike organelle
long whiplike appendage
whip — see whip
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin flagellum.
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Noun[edit]
flagellum m (plural flagella)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From flagrum (“scourge, whip”).
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Noun[edit]
flagellum n (genitive flagellī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | flagellum | flagella |
genitive | flagellī | flagellōrum |
dative | flagellō | flagellīs |
accusative | flagellum | flagella |
ablative | flagellō | flagellīs |
vocative | flagellum | flagella |
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References[edit]
- flagellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- flagellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- flagellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- flagellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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