cochlear

English

Etymology

cochlea +‎ -ar

Adjective

cochlear (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

cochlea (“snail”, “snail-shell”) +‎ -ar (suffix forming neuter nouns).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kʰle.ar/, [ˈkɔ.kʰɫe.ar]

Noun

cochlear n (genitive cochleāris); third declension

  1. a spoon
  2. a spoonful (as a measure for liquids)
    1. (specifically, in medicine and pharmacy) a spoonful (a measurement of dose, equal to half a cheme or ¹⁄₁₄₄ of a cotyla)

Declension

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cochlear cochleāria
genitive cochleāris cochleārium
dative cochleārī cochleāribus
accusative cochlear cochleāria
ablative cochleārī cochleāribus
vocative cochlear cochleāria

Derived terms

  • cochlear amplum
  • cochlear magnum
  • cochlear medium
  • cochlear parvum
  • cochleārium

Descendants

References

  • cŏclĕar (cochl-) in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cŏchlĕăr et cŏchlĕāre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “332/3”
  • “coc(h)lear(e)” on page 341/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “cochlearis (mascul.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 194/2
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