adminiculum
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]adminiculum
- (medicine) That which gives support to a part.
- (medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
References
[edit]- American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1919)
- A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ad- (“at”) + manus (“hand”) + -culum (“tool”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ad.miˈni.ku.lum/, [äd̪mɪˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.miˈni.ku.lum/, [äd̪miˈniːkulum]
Noun
[edit]adminiculum n (genitive adminiculī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | adminiculum | adminicula |
genitive | adminiculī | adminiculōrum |
dative | adminiculō | adminiculīs |
accusative | adminiculum | adminicula |
ablative | adminiculō | adminiculīs |
vocative | adminiculum | adminicula |
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: adminicle
- → English: adminicle
- → Portuguese: adminículo
- → Spanish: adminículo
References
[edit]- “adminiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adminiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adminiculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- adminiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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