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Funiculus
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1.
(Anat.)
A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion.
(b)
In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See
Bryozoa
, and Phylactolema
. Definition 2024
funiculus
funiculus
English
Noun
funiculus (plural funiculi)
- (anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord
- (botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta
Translations
cordlike structure
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stalk
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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from fūnis (“cord, rope”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fuːˈni.ku.lus/
Noun
fūniculus m (genitive fūniculī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fūniculus | fūniculī |
| genitive | fūniculī | fūniculōrum |
| dative | fūniculō | fūniculīs |
| accusative | fūniculum | fūniculōs |
| ablative | fūniculō | fūniculīs |
| vocative | fūnicule | fūniculī |
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References
- funiculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- funiculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- FUNICULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “funiculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.