fovea

See also: fovéa

English

Etymology

From Latin fovea (“ditch, pit”). Doublet of foiba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊ.vi.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊviə

Noun

fovea (plural foveas or foveae or foveæ)

1. (anatomy) A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.

   Coordinate terms: fossa, fissure, sulcus, cleft, lacuna, vallecula

2. (anatomy) The retinal fovea, or fovea centralis, responsible for sharp central vision.

Derived terms

• foveate
• foveiform
• foveole
• parafovea
• parafoveal
• perifovea
• postfoveal
• pseudofovea
• subfovea

Related terms

• foveal

See also

• fossa

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin fovea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoʋeɑ/, [ˈfo̞ʋe̞ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -oʋeɑ
• Syllabification^(key): fo‧ve‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): fo‧vea

Noun

fovea

1. (anatomy) fovea

Declension

Inflection of fovea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		fovea	foveat
genitive		fovean	foveoiden foveoitten
partitive		foveaa	foveoita
illative		foveaan	foveoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		fovea	foveat
accusative	nom.	fovea	foveat
	gen.	fovean
genitive		fovean	foveoiden foveoitten foveain rare
partitive		foveaa	foveoita
inessive		foveassa	foveoissa
elative		foveasta	foveoista
illative		foveaan	foveoihin
adessive		fovealla	foveoilla
ablative		fovealta	foveoilta
allative		fovealle	foveoille
essive		foveana	foveoina
translative		foveaksi	foveoiksi
abessive		foveatta	foveoitta
instructive		—	foveoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of fovea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative foveani foveani accusative nom. foveani foveani gen. foveani genitive foveani foveoideni foveoitteni foveaini rare partitive foveaani foveoitani inessive foveassani foveoissani elative foveastani foveoistani illative foveaani foveoihini adessive foveallani foveoillani ablative fovealtani foveoiltani allative fovealleni foveoilleni essive foveanani foveoinani translative foveakseni foveoikseni abessive foveattani foveoittani instructive — — comitative — foveoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative foveasi foveasi accusative nom. foveasi foveasi gen. foveasi genitive foveasi foveoidesi foveoittesi foveaisi rare partitive foveaasi foveoitasi inessive foveassasi foveoissasi elative foveastasi foveoistasi illative foveaasi foveoihisi adessive foveallasi foveoillasi ablative fovealtasi foveoiltasi allative foveallesi foveoillesi essive foveanasi foveoinasi translative foveaksesi foveoiksesi abessive foveattasi foveoittasi instructive — — comitative — foveoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative foveamme foveamme accusative nom. foveamme foveamme gen. foveamme genitive foveamme foveoidemme foveoittemme foveaimme rare partitive foveaamme foveoitamme inessive foveassamme foveoissamme elative foveastamme foveoistamme illative foveaamme foveoihimme adessive foveallamme foveoillamme ablative fovealtamme foveoiltamme allative foveallemme foveoillemme essive foveanamme foveoinamme translative foveaksemme foveoiksemme abessive foveattamme foveoittamme instructive — — comitative — foveoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative foveanne foveanne accusative nom. foveanne foveanne gen. foveanne genitive foveanne foveoidenne foveoittenne foveainne rare partitive foveaanne foveoitanne inessive foveassanne foveoissanne elative foveastanne foveoistanne illative foveaanne foveoihinne adessive foveallanne foveoillanne ablative fovealtanne foveoiltanne allative foveallenne foveoillenne essive foveananne foveoinanne translative foveaksenne foveoiksenne abessive foveattanne foveoittanne instructive — — comitative — foveoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative foveansa foveansa accusative nom. foveansa foveansa gen. foveansa genitive foveansa foveoidensa foveoittensa foveainsa rare partitive foveaansa foveoitaan foveoitansa inessive foveassaan foveassansa foveoissaan foveoissansa elative foveastaan foveastansa foveoistaan foveoistansa illative foveaansa foveoihinsa adessive foveallaan foveallansa foveoillaan foveoillansa ablative fovealtaan fovealtansa foveoiltaan foveoiltansa allative fovealleen foveallensa foveoilleen foveoillensa essive foveanaan foveanansa foveoinaan foveoinansa translative foveakseen foveaksensa foveoikseen foveoiksensa abessive foveattaan foveattansa foveoittaan foveoittansa instructive — — comitative — foveoineen foveoinensa

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fovea. Doublet of foiba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ve.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔvea
• Hyphenation: fò‧ve‧a

Noun

fovea f (plural fovee)

1. fovea

   Synonym: fossetta

Derived terms

• foveale

Further reading

• fovea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

De Vaan dismisses any relation with Ancient Greek χειά (kheiá, “serpent's den”), and leaves the origin open. He notes that favissae (“underground cellars”) may or may not be related.

Older theories derived the word from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰow- (“pit, hole”) (compare Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔ.we.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔː.ve.a]

Noun

fovea f (genitive foveae); first declension

1. pit, hole in the ground
2. snare, pitfall

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fovea	foveae
genitive	foveae	foveārum
dative	foveae	foveīs
accusative	foveam	foveās
ablative	foveā	foveīs
vocative	fovea	foveae

Derived terms

• foveālis (Renaissance Latin)

Descendants

• Aromanian: fiju, hiju
• Asturian: foya, fueyu
• Catalan: foia, → fòvea, ⇒ bòfia
• English: fovea
• → French: fovéa
• Friulian: foibe
  • → Italian: foiba
    • → English: foiba
• Galician: foxo
• Italian: Fobbia, Fobia, ⇒ Fobbiola, Fobiola (toponyms)
• → Italian: fovea
• Portuguese: fojo, fóvea
• → Proto-Brythonic: *fowyā
  • Cornish: fow
  • Middle Welsh: ffeu
    • Welsh: ffau
• Spanish: hoya, hoyo, fóvea

References

• “fŏvĕa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "1. FOVEA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "2. FOVEA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “fovea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fŏvĕa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 684/2.
• “fouea” on page 729/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “fovea”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 450/1