genuculum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modification of earlier geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]
Noun
[edit]genuculum n (genitive genuculī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | genuculum | genucula |
Genitive | genuculī | genuculōrum |
Dative | genuculō | genuculīs |
Accusative | genuculum | genucula |
Ablative | genuculō | genuculīs |
Vocative | genuculum | genucula |
Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: ghjinochju, dinochju, vinochju
- Gallurese: ghinocchiu
- Italian: ginocchio, ginocchia
- Neapolitan: denucchio
- Sicilian: ginocchiu, dinocchiu, jinocchiu
- Corsican: ghjinochju, dinochju, vinochju
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: genoly, dzenou (Beaujolais), genau (Old Bressan), zheno, renô (Bressan), genouz pl (Old Dauphinois), dzènà (Fribourgeois), dzenaou (Valdôtain)
- Old French: genoil, genoill
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “hinojo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 366
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “genŭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 115