occipitalis

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin occipitālis, ellipsis of mūsculus occipitālis (“occipital muscle”). Doublet of occipital.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑkˌsɪp.əˈteɪ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪlɪs

Noun

occipitalis (plural occipitales)

1. (anatomy) A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.

   Coordinate term: frontalis

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 枕肌 (zh) (zhěnjī)

• Italian: occipitale (it) m, muscolo occipitale
• Spanish: occipital m, músculo occipital m

References

• “occipitalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ok.ki.piˈtaː.lis/, [ɔkːɪpɪˈt̪äːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ot.t͡ʃi.piˈta.lis/, [otː͡ʃipiˈt̪äːlis]

Adjective

occipitālis (neuter occipitāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. (anatomy) occipital

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	occipitālis	occipitāle		occipitālēs	occipitālia
genitive	occipitālis			occipitālium
dative	occipitālī			occipitālibus
accusative	occipitālem	occipitāle		occipitālēs occipitālīs	occipitālia
ablative	occipitālī			occipitālibus
vocative	occipitālis	occipitāle		occipitālēs	occipitālia

Related terms

• occipitium

Descendants

• → English: occipitalis
• → Middle French: occipital
  • → English: occipital
  • French: occipital
• Italian: occipitale
• Sicilian: uccipitali