pelvis
See also: pélvis
English
Etymology
From Latin pelvis (“basin”), from Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)
- (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
- (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter
Related terms
- pelvic
- (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic
Translations
bone
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See also
- pelvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hip bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bone
- coccyx
- hip
- hipbone
- ilium
- innominate bone
- ischium
- os coxae
- pubis
- sacrum
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pelvis f (invariable)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pelvis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Etymology
From Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpel.u̯is/, [ˈpɛɫ̪u̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpel.vis/, [ˈpɛlvis]
Noun
pelvis f (genitive pelvis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -ī or -e).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pelvis | pelvēs |
Genitive | pelvis | pelvium |
Dative | pelvī | pelvibus |
Accusative | pelvim pelvem |
pelvēs pelvīs |
Ablative | pelvī pelve |
pelvibus |
Vocative | pelvis | pelvēs |
References
- “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
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
pelvis f (plural pelvis)
Related terms
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