lingula

See also: Lingula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lingula (“small tongue”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪŋɡjələ/

Noun

lingula (plural lingulae)

1. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
2. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

Related terms

• lingular
• linguliform

Anagrams

• -lingual, lingual

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lingula.

Noun

lingula f (plural lingule)

1. (anatomy) lingula
2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

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Latin

Etymology

lingua +‎ -ula, possibly influenced by ligula and lingō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/, [ˈlʲɪŋɡʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/, [ˈliŋɡulä]

Noun

lingula f (genitive lingulae); first declension

1. Diminutive of lingua
2. tongue of land

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lingula	lingulae
Genitive	lingulae	lingulārum
Dative	lingulae	lingulīs
Accusative	lingulam	lingulās
Ablative	lingulā	lingulīs
Vocative	lingula	lingulae

Derived terms

• lingulātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: lingurã
• → English: lingula
• → Italian: lingula
• Romanian: lingură

References

• “lingula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lingula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lingula 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)
• lingula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lingula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers