strongyla

Latin

strongyla Tiberiī (bust of Tiberius)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρογγύλη (strongúlē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstron.ɡy.la/, [ˈs̠t̪rɔŋɡʏɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstron.d͡ʒi.la/, [ˈst̪rɔn̠ʲd͡ʒilä]

Noun

strongyla f (genitive strongylae); first declension

1. a bust

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	strongyla	strongylae
genitive	strongylae	strongylārum
dative	strongylae	strongylīs
accusative	strongylam	strongylās
ablative	strongylā	strongylīs
vocative	strongyla	strongylae

Related terms

• Strongylion

Descendants

• → Translingual: Strongylus (learned)

References

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