manubrium
English
Etymology
From Latin manubrium (“handle”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈnubɹiəm/
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈnjuːbɹiəm/
Noun
manubrium (plural manubria or manubriums)
- (anatomy) The broad, upper part of the sternum.
- (zoology) The tube extending from the central underside of a jellyfish and ending in a mouth.
- A knob or handle that controls the stops of an organ.
Derived terms
- manubrial
Related terms
- manubriate
- manubriated
Translations
broad, upper part of the sternum
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tube extending from the central underside of a jellyfish
French
Noun
manubrium m (plural manubriums)
- manubrium
Latin
Etymology
From manus (“hand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈnu.bri.um/, [mäˈnʊbriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈnu.bri.um/, [mäˈnuːbrium]
Noun
manubrium n (genitive manubriī or manubrī); second declension
- handle, haft
- c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Epidicus 525, (iambic senarius):
- is etiam sese sapere memorat: malleum / sapientiorem vidi excusso manubrio.
- 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley
- He too declares that he is a wise man! that the hammer, forsooth, should be wiser than the handle.
- 1912 translation by Henry Thomas Riley
- is etiam sese sapere memorat: malleum / sapientiorem vidi excusso manubrio.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | manubrium | manubria |
Genitive | manubriī manubrī1 | manubriōrum |
Dative | manubriō | manubriīs |
Accusative | manubrium | manubria |
Ablative | manubriō | manubriīs |
Vocative | manubrium | manubria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- eximere alicui ex manu manubrium
Related terms
- manus
Descendants
- English: manubrium
- Italian: manubrio
- Spanish: manubrio
References
- “manubrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “manubrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- manubrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette