vibrissae

English

Noun

vibrissae

1. (deprecated template usage) plural of vibrissa

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Latin

Etymology

From vibrō (“I tremble, vibrate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈbris.sae̯/, [u̯iːˈbrɪs̠ːäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈbris.se/, [viˈbrisːe]

Noun

vībrissae f pl (genitive vībrissārum); first declension (plural only)

1. The hairs of the nose

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	vībrissae
Genitive	vībrissārum
Dative	vībrissīs
Accusative	vībrissās
Ablative	vībrissīs
Vocative	vībrissae

Descendants

• Italian: vibrissa

References

• vibrissae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vibrissae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press