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Webster 1913 Edition
Acetabulum
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Acˊe-tab′u-lum
,Noun.
[L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr.
acetum
vinegar, fr. acere
to be sour.] 1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.
2.
(Anat.)
(a)
The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
(b)
The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(c)
A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(d)
The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
(e)
One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acetabulum
ACETAB'ULUM
,Noun.
1.
In anatomy, the cavity of a bone for receiving the protuberant end of another bone, and therefore forming the articulation called enarthrosis. It is used especially for the cavity of the os innominatum, which receives the head of the thigh bone.2.
In botany, the trivial name of a species of peziza, the cup peziza; so called from its resemblance to a cup.3.
A glandular substance found in the placenta of some animals.4.
It is sometimes used in the sense of Cotyledon.5.
A species of lichen.Definition 2024
acetabulum
acetabulum
English
Noun
acetabulum (plural acetabula or acetabulums)
- (Roman Antiquities) a vinegar cup;
- (Roman Antiquities) the socket of the hipbone;
- (Roman Antiquities) a measure of about one eighth of a pint
- (anatomy) The bony cup which receives the head of the thigh bone.
- (anatomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
- (anatomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
- (anatomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
- (anatomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
Derived terms
Translations
Roman Antiquities: Vinegar cup
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Roman Antiquities: Socket of the hipbone
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Roman Antiquities: about one eighth of a pint
Anatomy: bony cup that receives the head of the thigh bone
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Anatomy: Cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted
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Anatomy: One of the lobes of the placenta in the ruminating animals
Latin
Etymology
From acēt(um) (“vinegar”) + -bulum (“a vessel for”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.keːˈtaː.bu.lum/, [a.keːˈtaː.bʊ.ɫũ]
Noun
acētābulum n (genitive acētābulī); second declension
- A shallow cup for vinegar; acetabulum.
- Any cup-shaped vessel.
- (anatomy) The socket of the hipbone.
- (botany) The cup of a flower.
- accusative singular of acētābulum
- vocative singular of acētābulum
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | acētābulum | acētābula |
| genitive | acētābulī | acētābulōrum |
| dative | acētābulō | acētābulīs |
| accusative | acētābulum | acētābula |
| ablative | acētābulō | acētābulīs |
| vocative | acētābulum | acētābula |
Descendants
- English: acetabulum
- French: acétabule
- Italian: acetabolo
- Portuguese: acetábulo
- Romanian: acetabul
References
- acetabulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ACETABULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acetabulum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- acetabulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acetabulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin