villus

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Abnormal blood cells with villi on the surface
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin villus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

villus (plural villi)

  1. (biology) A small projection from a membrane, particularly those found in the mucous membranes of the intestines.
  2. (botany) One of the fine soft hairs on fruits, flowers, and other parts of plants.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Dialectal variant of vellus (fleece).

Noun[edit]

villus m (genitive villī); second declension

  1. hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid I.701–702:
      Dant famulī manibus lymphās, Cereremque canistrīs
      expediunt, tōnsīsque ferunt mantēlia villīs.
      The servants give the hands waters, and corn from wicker baskets
      they deal, and bring towels of smooth hair.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative villus villī
Genitive villī villōrum
Dative villō villīs
Accusative villum villōs
Ablative villō villīs
Vocative ville villī

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: villus
  • Italian: villo, vello
  • Spanish: vello

References[edit]

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