orbicularis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin orbiculāris, clipping of mūsculus orbiculāris (“orbicular muscle”). Doublet of orbicular.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːˌbɪk.jʊˈlɑː.ɹɪs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɔɹˌbɪk.jəˈlɛɹ.ɪs/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹɪs, -æɹɪs
Noun
orbicularis (plural orbiculares)
- (anatomy) A muscle surrounding an opening.
- Hyponyms: orbicularis oculi, orbicularis oris
Translations
muscle
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References
- “orbicularis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “orbicularis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Latin
Etymology
From orbiculus (“small disk”) + -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /or.bi.kuˈlaː.ris/, [ɔrbɪkʊˈɫ̪äːrɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /or.bi.kuˈla.ris/, [orbikuˈläːris]
Adjective
orbiculāris (neuter orbiculāre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- circular, orbicular
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | orbiculāris | orbiculāre | orbiculārēs | orbiculāria | |
| Genitive | orbiculāris | orbiculārium | |||
| Dative | orbiculārī | orbiculāribus | |||
| Accusative | orbiculārem | orbiculāre | orbiculārēs orbiculārīs | orbiculāria | |
| Ablative | orbiculārī | orbiculāribus | |||
| Vocative | orbiculāris | orbiculāre | orbiculārēs | orbiculāria | |
Descendants
- → English: orbicularis
References
- “orbicularis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orbicularis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- orbicularis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016