funiculus
English
Etymology
From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fjʊˈnɪk.jʊl.əs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fjʊˈnɪk.jəl.əs/, /fəˈnɪk.jəl.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɪkjələs
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs
Noun
funiculus (plural funiculi)
- (anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior & lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
- (botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta
Translations
cordlike structure
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stalk
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References
- “funiculus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “funiculus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from fūnis (“cord, rope”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fuːˈni.ku.lus/, [fuːˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fuˈni.ku.lus/, [fuˈniːkulus]
Noun
fūniculus m (genitive fūniculī); second declension
- A slender rope, cord.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fūniculus | fūniculī |
| Genitive | fūniculī | fūniculōrum |
| Dative | fūniculō | fūniculīs |
| Accusative | fūniculum | fūniculōs |
| Ablative | fūniculō | fūniculīs |
| Vocative | fūnicule | fūniculī |
Synonyms
- (cord): fūnicula, līnum, vinculum
Related terms
- fūnālis
- fūnambulus
- fūnārius
- fūnicula
- fūnirēpus
- fūnis
Descendants
- Catalan: funicle
- English: funicle, funicular, funiculus
- French: funicule
- Italian: funicolo
- Portuguese: funículo
- Spanish: funículo
References
- “funiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “funiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- funiculus 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)
- funiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette