internodium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]inter- + nōdus (“knot”) + -ium
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /in.terˈnoː.di.um/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈnoːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈno.di.um/, [in̪t̪erˈnɔːd̪ium]
Noun
[edit]internōdium n (genitive internōdiī or internōdī); second declension
- the space between two knots or joints; an internode
- segment [as in an scorpion's tail made of segments, etc]
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | internōdium | internōdia |
| genitive | internōdiī internōdī1 |
internōdiōrum |
| dative | internōdiō | internōdiīs |
| accusative | internōdium | internōdia |
| ablative | internōdiō | internōdiīs |
| vocative | internōdium | internōdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “internodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “internodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers