English

Noun

filum ‎(plural fila)

1. (anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-. Cognate with Lithuanian gysla.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.lum/

Noun

fīlum n ‎(genitive fīlī); second declension

1. thread, string, filament, fiber
2. texture, style, nature
3. wick of a lamp
4. accusative singular of fīlum
5. vocative singular of fīlum

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (wick): mergulus

Descendants

References

• filum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• filum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FILUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “filum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill