nodulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus. Doublet of nodule.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒd.jʊ.ləs/, /ˈnɒd͡ʒ.ʊ.ləs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑd͡ʒ.ə.ləs/
• Hyphenation: nod‧u‧lus

Noun

nodulus (plural noduli)

1. A nodule; a little knot or lump.
2. (neuroanatomy) The part of the vestibulocerebellum that is at the end of the vermis

   Synonym: nodule

Related terms

• flocculus

Latin

Etymology

From nōdus (“a knot; knob; bond”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.du.lus/, [ˈnoːd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.du.lus/, [ˈnɔːd̪ulus]

Noun

nōdulus m (genitive nōdulī); second declension

1. diminutive of nōdus (“knot”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nōdulus	nōdulī
genitive	nōdulī	nōdulōrum
dative	nōdulō	nōdulīs
accusative	nōdulum	nōdulōs
ablative	nōdulō	nōdulīs
vocative	nōdule	nōdulī

Related terms

• nōdābilis
• nōdāmen
• nōdātiō
• nōdō
• nōdōsē
• nōdōsitās
• nōdōsus
• Nōdōtus
• nōdus
• Nōdūtus

References

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