canalicula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.naːˈli.ku.la/, [ka.naːˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

canālicula f (genitive canāliculae); first declension

A small channel, pipe or gutter.
A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	canālicula	canāliculae
genitive	canāliculae	canāliculārum
dative	canāliculae	canāliculīs
accusative	canāliculam	canāliculās
ablative	canāliculā	canāliculīs
vocative	canālicula	canāliculae

Synonyms

(small channel, pipe or gutter): canāliculus
(gutter-splint): canāliculus

Related terms

Descendants

Galician: quella, quenlla
Portuguese: quelha

References

canalicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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