English

Noun

Location of the fibula in the skeletal structure of the leg.

Jewelled Germanic fibulae from the 5th century.

fibula ‎(plural fibulas or fibulae or fibulæ)

1. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone.
2. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

Synonyms

• calf bone

Derived terms

• fibular

Translations

See also

• peroneal

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fībula.

Noun

fibula f ‎(plural fibule)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

Synonyms

• perone

Anagrams

• bufali

Latin

Etymology

From fī(gō) +‎ -bula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.bu.la/, [ˈfiː.bʊ.ɫa]

Noun

fībula f ‎(genitive fībulae); first declension

1. clasp, buckle, brooch

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• fibula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fibula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FIBULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fibula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• fibula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fibula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fîbula/
• Hyphenation: fi‧bu‧la

Noun

fȉbula f ‎(Cyrillic spelling фи̏була)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

Declension