clavicula
See also: clavícula
English
Etymology
From Latin clāvīcula.
Noun
clavicula (plural claviculae)
- Clavicle.
Latin
Etymology
From clāvis (“key”) + -cula.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klaːˈwi.ku.la/
Noun
clāvicula f (genitive clāviculae); first declension
- little key
- tendril of a vine
- pivot
- (anatomy) clavicle, collar bone
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clāvicula | clāviculae |
| Genitive | clāviculae | clāviculārum |
| Dative | clāviculae | clāviculīs |
| Accusative | clāviculam | clāviculās |
| Ablative | clāviculā | clāviculīs |
| Vocative | clāvicula | clāviculae |
Derived terms
- clāviculārius
Descendants
- Catalan: clavícula (borrowed), clavilla
- English: clavicle (borrowed)
- French: cheville, clavicule (borrowed)
- Friulian: cjavile, cavicje (through Italian), cavicj, clavìcule (borrowed)
- Galician: chavella, clavícula (borrowed)
- Italian: cavicchia, cavicchio, caviglia (through Old Provençal), clavicola (borrowed)
- Norman: g'vil'ye
- Occitan: cavilha
- Portuguese: clavícula (borrowed), chavelha, cravelha (semi-learned), cavilha
- Romanian: claviculă (borrowed)
- Romansh: tganveala
- Sardinian: cabija, cabiga, crabiga, crapica, cabígia, cabíciu, carícia, chelvija, chelfija
- Sicilian: cavicchia, cavigghia
- Spanish: clavícula (borrowed), clavija (semi-learned), lavija, llavija
- Venetian: caécia, caìcia, caùcia, caùcio
References
- clavicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clavicula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clavicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette