Latin

Noun

folliculus m ‎(genitive folliculī); second declension

1. a small bellows
2. a small sack
3. an inflated ball (for sport)
4. a bud
5. husk, pod, shell, skin
6. (Late Latin, anatomy) sac
7. (Late Latin, anatomy) bladder (urinary)
8. (Late Latin, anatomy) scrotum

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

References

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