Translingual

Proper noun

Sarcina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clostridiaceae – cocci-shaped bacteria that fail to dissociate during replication such that they form a cube of eight bacteria.

Latin

Noun

sarcinae

1. nominative plural of sarcina
2. genitive singular of sarcina
3. dative singular of sarcina
4. vocative plural of sarcina

References

• sarcinae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin