pessulus
English
Etymology
Latin , a bolt.
Noun
pessulus (plural pessuli)
- (anatomy) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pessulus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Alternative forms
- pessula
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πάσσαλος (pássalos), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (whence pangō).
Noun
pessulus m (genitive pessulī); second declension
- a bolt (of a door)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pessulus | pessulī |
| Genitive | pessulī | pessulōrum |
| Dative | pessulō | pessulīs |
| Accusative | pessulum | pessulōs |
| Ablative | pessulō | pessulīs |
| Vocative | pessule | pessulī |
Descendants
- Asturian: piesllu, priesllu
- Galician: pecho
- Portuguese: pestilo
References
- pessulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pessulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pessulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- pessulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pessulus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin