fornix

English

Etymology

Latin fornix

Noun

fornix (plural fornices)

1. (anatomy) An archlike structure or fold.
2. (anatomy) Specifically, the arched bundle of fibres or axons at the base of the brain.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fornical
• fornicate

• forniceal
• fornix vaginae

Translations

anatomy: archlike structure or fold

• Finnish: holvi (fi), pohjukka
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

brain part

• Finnish: aivokaari
• Polish: sklepienie (pl) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: fórnix m

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.niks/, [ˈfɔrnɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.niks/, [ˈfɔrniks]

Noun

fornix m (genitive fornicis); third declension

1. arch, vault
2. brothel (in a cellar)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fornix	fornicēs
Genitive	fornicis	fornicum
Dative	fornicī	fornicibus
Accusative	fornicem	fornicēs
Ablative	fornice	fornicibus
Vocative	fornix	fornicēs

Derived terms

• fornicor

Descendants

• → English: fornix
• → Italian: fornice
• → Portuguese: fórnice
• → Spanish: fórnix

References

• “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornix 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)
• fornix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fornix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fornix in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “fornix”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin