volsella

English

Noun

volsella (plural volsellae)

1. A male reproductive appendage in some insects.
2. Alternative form of vulsellum
   • 1867, William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan, The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery

     The projecting portion of tumour must be seized with a strong volsella, and dragged and slightly twisted until removed.

Anagrams

• Lovealls

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Latin

Alternative forms

• volsilla
• vulsella

Etymology

From vulsus.

Noun

volsella f (genitive volsellae); first declension

1. A pair of tweezers for plucking out hairs
2. A kind of forceps

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	volsella	volsellae
Genitive	volsellae	volsellārum
Dative	volsellae	volsellīs
Accusative	volsellam	volsellās
Ablative	volsellā	volsellīs
Vocative	volsella	volsellae

References

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