cymbium

See also: Cymbium

English

Etymology

Concocted from Latin cymbium, not used in such a meaning.

Noun

cymbium (plural cymbia)

1. (zoology) The tarsus of the copulatory pedipalp in certain spiders.
   • 2009, P. A. Sebastian, Spiders of India:

     The tarsus consists of two parts, the cymbium and paracymbium. The cymbium is the spoon-shaped base of the tarsus. The paracymbium is only a prominent apophysis arising from the base of the cymbium and is articulated with the cymbium by a movable joint.

Derived terms

• cymbial
• paracymbium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυμβίον (kumbíon), from κύμβη (kúmbē), whence cymba.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkym.bi.um/, [ˈkʏmbiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.bi.um/, [ˈt͡ʃimbium]

Noun

cymbium n (genitive cymbiī or cymbī); second declension

1. a dinghy-shaped drinking vessel
2. a dinghy-shaped lamp

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cymbium	cymbia
genitive	cymbiī cymbī1	cymbiōrum
dative	cymbiō	cymbiīs
accusative	cymbium	cymbia
ablative	cymbiō	cymbiīs
vocative	cymbium	cymbia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Further reading

• “cymbium” in volume 4, part 2, column 1589, in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present