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ventriculus

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle.

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Noun

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ventriculus (plural ventriculi)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Latin venter
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin ventriculus

    From venter (“the belly”) + -culus.

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    Noun

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    ventriculus m (genitive ventriculī); second declension

    1. (literal) the belly
    2. (transferred sense, anatomy)
      1. the stomach
      2. a ventricle of the heart
      3. a ventricle of the brain
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    Inflection

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    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ventriculus ventriculī
    genitive ventriculī ventriculōrum
    dative ventriculō ventriculīs
    accusative ventriculum ventriculōs
    ablative ventriculō ventriculīs
    vocative ventricule ventriculī

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    References

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    • “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “ventriculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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