pelvis

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.

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pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)

  2. (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
  3. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

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pelvis f (invariable)

  1. pelvis

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French

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pelvis m (plural pelvis)

  1. pelvis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology unknown.[1] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Potential cognates include Sanskrit पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”), Ancient Greek πελίκη (pelíkē, “a type of container”)[2] Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).

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pēlvis f (genitive pēlvis); third declension

  1. shallow bowl or basin

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Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pēlvis pēlvēs
Genitive pēlvis pēlvium
Dative pēlvī pēlvibus
Accusative pēlvim
pēlvem 		pēlvēs
pēlvīs
Ablative pēlvī
pēlve 		pēlvibus
Vocative pēlvis pēlvēs

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  • → Catalan: pelvis
  • → English: pelvis
  • → French: pelvis
  • → Galician: pelve
  • → Italian: pelvi
  • → Portuguese: pelve, pélvis
  • → Spanish: pelvis

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pēluis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 456
  2. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “pelvis”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 494

Further reading

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  • “pelvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pelvis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pelvis 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)
  • pelvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “pelvis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “pelvis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

Noun

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pelvis n (plural pelvisuri)

  1. pelvis

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Declension of pelvis
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pelvis pelvisul (niște) pelvisuri pelvisurile
genitive/dative (unui) pelvis pelvisului (unor) pelvisuri pelvisurilor
vocative pelvisule pelvisurilor

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pēlvis.

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pelvis f (plural pelvis)

  1. pelvis
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