foramen
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).
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Noun
foramen (plural foramina or foramens)
- (anatomy) an opening, an orifice; a short passage.
- The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit. w:Category:Foramina of the skull
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Latin
Etymology
From forō (“pierce, bore”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /foˈraː.men/, [fɔˈräːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /foˈra.men/, [foˈräːmen]
Noun
forāmen n (genitive forāminis); third declension
- opening, aperture, hole
- (figuratively) a cave
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | forāmen | forāmina |
Genitive | forāminis | forāminum |
Dative | forāminī | forāminibus |
Accusative | forāmen | forāmina |
Ablative | forāmine | forāminibus |
Vocative | forāmen | forāmina |
Synonyms
- (cave): caverna
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References
- “foramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “foramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- foramen 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)
- foramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).
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Noun
foramen m (plural forámenes)
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