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cupula

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See also: cúpula

English

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Etymology

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Noun

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cupula (plural cupulas or cupulae)

  1. A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
  2. (anatomy) A moveable object in the ampullae of the ear's semicircular canals that is involved in sensing head rotation

Derived terms

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Translations

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Latin

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Etymology

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Diminutive from cūpa +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cūpula f (genitive cūpulae); first declension

  1. A small tub or cask.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cūpula cūpulae
genitive cūpulae cūpulārum
dative cūpulae cūpulīs
accusative cūpulam cūpulās
ablative cūpulā cūpulīs
vocative cūpula cūpulae

Descendants

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  • Italian: cupola (see there for further descendants)
  • English: cupula
  • Old High German: kubilo
  • Sicilian: cùpula

Further reading

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  • cupula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cupula 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)
  • cupula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.