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cuticula
cuticula
See also: cutícula
English
Noun
cuticula (plural cuticulae)
- (zoology, botany) A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.
Synonyms
Translations
covering outside epidermis — see cuticle
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of cutis (“covering”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈtiː.ku.la/, [kʊˈtiː.kʊ.ɫa]
Noun
cutīcula f (genitive cutīculae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cutīcula | cutīculae |
| genitive | cutīculae | cutīculārum |
| dative | cutīculae | cutīculīs |
| accusative | cutīculam | cutīculās |
| ablative | cutīculā | cutīculīs |
| vocative | cutīcula | cutīculae |
Descendants
- Russian: кути́кула (kutíkula)
References
- cuticula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cuticula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cuticula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.