geniculum
English
Noun
geniculum (plural genicula)
- A small genu, or angular knee-like structure, especially (anatomy) a sharp knee-like bend in a small structure or organ.
Latin
Alternative forms
- geniculus
Etymology
From genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡeˈni.ku.lum/, [ɡɛˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒeˈni.ku.lum/, [d͡ʒeˈniːkulum]
Noun
geniculum n (genitive geniculī); second declension
- Diminutive of genū:
- (literally) little knee, knee
- (transferred sense, botany) knot or joint on the stalk of a plant
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | geniculum | genicula |
| Genitive | geniculī | geniculōrum |
| Dative | geniculō | geniculīs |
| Accusative | geniculum | genicula |
| Ablative | geniculō | geniculīs |
| Vocative | geniculum | genicula |
Derived terms
- aggeniculor
- geniculātim
- geniculātus
- geniculō
- geniculōsus
- ingeniculō
Descendants
- Late Latin: genuculum (see there for further descendants)
References
- “geniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- geniculum 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)
- geniculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette