lagena

See also: lägena

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

lagena (plural lagenas or lagenae or lagenæ)

1. (anatomy) The upper part of the cochlear duct.
2. (anatomy) A similar structure, shaped like a flask, that is a hearing organ in some vertebrates.
3. (historical) A wine-vase; an amphora.

Derived terms

• lagenar

Anagrams

• Angela, Galena, alnage, anlage, galena

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lagōna, lagaena, lagoena, laguna

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos, “flask, pitcher”).

Noun

lagēna f (genitive lagēnae); first declension

1. large earthenware vessel
2. flask, flagon

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lagēna	lagēnae
Genitive	lagēnae	lagēnārum
Dative	lagēnae	lagēnīs
Accusative	lagēnam	lagēnās
Ablative	lagēnā	lagēnīs
Vocative	lagēna	lagēnae

Derived terms

• lagula
• lagella
• laguncula

Descendants

• Arabic: لَجَانَة (lajāna) (super-rare)
• English: lagena
• Portuguese: laje, lájea, lajem, laja, lagena
• Swedish: lägel

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “lagena”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 518
• “lagena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lagena 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)
• lagena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.