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See also: Cilium
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cilium (“eyelid”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cilium (plural cilia)
- (cytology) A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.
- Hyponym: primary cilium
- 1892, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, edited by F. G. Heathcote, Elementary Text-book of Zoology:
- It is the deeper parts of such cells which give rise to delicate muscular fibres or networks of fibres, while the superficially placed body of the cell myoblast), the part which produces the above, performs other functions, and usually bears a cilium.
- 2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359:
- The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]
- (entomology) One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.
- (botany) Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.
- (anatomy) An eyelash.
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]hairlike organelle projecting from eukaryotic cell
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eyelash — see eyelash
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “cilium”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cilium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *keljom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Alternatively compare Ancient Greek κῠ́λᾱ (kúlā, “the parts under the eyes”) (though Beekes doubts this connection and derives the latter from Pre-Greek).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈki.li.um/, [ˈkɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.li.um/, [ˈt͡ʃiːlium]
Noun
[edit]cilium n (genitive ciliī or cilī); second declension
- (anatomy) eyelid
- Synonym: palpebra
- (transferred sense) lower eyelid
- Antonym: supercilium
- (Medieval Latin, usually in the plural) eyelash
- Synonym: palpebra
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cilium | cilia |
Genitive | ciliī cilī1 |
ciliōrum |
Dative | ciliō | ciliīs |
Accusative | cilium | cilia |
Ablative | ciliō | ciliīs |
Vocative | cilium | cilia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]- ciliāris (adjective)
- intercilium
- supercilium
Descendants
[edit](Several via the plural cilia.)
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭlium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 627
Further reading
[edit]- “cilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- cilium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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