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Calcaneum
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Cal-ca′ne-um
Noun.
pl. E.
-neums
, L. -nea
. [L. the heel, fr.
calx
, calcis
, the heel.] (Anal.)
One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; – called also
fibulare
. Definition 2024
calcaneum
calcaneum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈkaː.ne.um/
Noun
calcāneum n (genitive calcāneī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calcāneum | calcānea |
| genitive | calcāneī | calcāneōrum |
| dative | calcāneō | calcāneīs |
| accusative | calcāneum | calcānea |
| ablative | calcāneō | calcāneīs |
| vocative | calcāneum | calcānea |
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Descendants
References
- calcaneum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CALCANEUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “calcaneum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.