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Malleolus
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Mal-le′-o-lus
,Noun.
pl.
Malleoli
(#)
. [L., dim. of
malleus
hammer.] 1.
(Anat.)
A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external.
2.
“ A layer, ” a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.
Definition 2024
malleolus
malleolus
English
Noun
malleolus (plural malleoli)
- The bony prominence on each side of the ankle joint.
Translations
bony prominence in ankle joint
Latin
Etymology
From malleus (“hammer”) + -olus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /malˈle.o.lus/
Noun
malleolus m (genitive malleolī); second declension (Diminutive of: malleus)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | malleolus | malleolī |
| genitive | malleolī | malleolōrum |
| dative | malleolō | malleolīs |
| accusative | malleolum | malleolōs |
| ablative | malleolō | malleolīs |
| vocative | malleole | malleolī |
Descendants
References
- malleolus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- malleolus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “malleolus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- malleolus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers