ischion
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /is.kjɔ̃/
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Noun
ischion m (plural ischions)
- (anatomy) ischium
Further reading
- “ischion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Alternative forms
- ischium
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip-joint”, “haunch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈis.kʰi.on/, [ˈɪs̠kʰiɔn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ki.on/, [ˈiskion]
Noun
ischion n (genitive ischiī); second declension
- (usually in the plural) (anatomy) the hip-joint or hipbone
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ischion | ischia |
| Genitive | ischiī | ischiōrum |
| Dative | ischiō | ischiīs |
| Accusative | ischion | ischia |
| Ablative | ischiō | ischiīs |
| Vocative | ischion | ischia |
Synonyms
- (hip-joint of hipbone): coxa (pure Latin)
Descendants
- English: ischium
References
- “ischĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ischĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “860/1”
- “ischia” on page 971/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Romanian
Etymology
From French ischion.
Noun
ischion n (plural ischionuri)
- ischium
Declension
Declension of ischion
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ischion | ischionul | (niște) ischionuri | ischionurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ischion | ischionului | (unor) ischionuri | ischionurilor |
| vocative | ischionule | ischionurilor | ||