folliculus
Latin
Etymology
From follis (“purse, sack”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /folˈli.ku.lus/, [fɔlˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /folˈli.ku.lus/, [folˈliːkulus]
Noun
folliculus m (genitive folliculī); second declension
- a small bellows
- a small sack
- an inflated ball (for sport)
- a bud
- husk, pod, shell, skin
- (Late Latin, anatomy) sac
- (Late Latin, anatomy) bladder (urinary)
- (Late Latin, anatomy) scrotum
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | folliculus | folliculī |
| Genitive | folliculī | folliculōrum |
| Dative | folliculō | folliculīs |
| Accusative | folliculum | folliculōs |
| Ablative | folliculō | folliculīs |
| Vocative | follicule | folliculī |
Related terms
- folleātus
- folleō
- follicō
- folligena
- follis
- follītim
Descendants
- Catalan: fol·licle (borrowing)
- English: follicle (borrowing)
- French: follicule (borrowing)
- Galician: folello
- Italian: follicolo (borrowing)
- Portuguese: folículo (borrowing), folhelho, folilho
- Romanian: folicul (borrowing), folcel
- Russian: фолликул (follikul) (borrowing)
- Spanish: folículo (borrowing), hollejo
References
- “folliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “folliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- folliculus 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)
- folliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette