reniculus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reniculus.
Noun
reniculus (plural reniculi)
- (anatomy, cetology) One of the lobules of the kidney, especially in whales.
- 2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology:
- Each reniculus is like a small individual kidney with its own cortex, medulla, and calyx, and the duct from each small unit joins with others to form the ureter.
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Latin
Etymology
rēn, rēnis + -culus.
Noun
rēniculus m (genitive rēniculī); second declension
- a little kidney[1]
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rēniculus | rēniculī |
| Genitive | rēniculī | rēniculōrum |
| Dative | rēniculō | rēniculīs |
| Accusative | rēniculum | rēniculōs |
| Ablative | rēniculō | rēniculīs |
| Vocative | rēnicule | rēniculī |
Synonyms
- rēnunculus
Descendants
- → English: reniculus
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rēniclus
- Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: arniclju, riniclju
- Romanian: rinichi
- Old Occitan:
- Occitan: arnelh
- Sardinian: arrigu, errigu
- Eastern Romance:
References
- http://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=2050925