cuticula

See also: cutícula

English

Etymology

From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.

Noun

cuticula (plural cuticulae)

  1. (zoology, botany) A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of cutis (“covering”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈtiː.ku.la/, [kʊˈtiː.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

cutīcula f (genitive cutīculae); first declension

  1. skin
  2. cuticle

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cutīcula cutīculae
genitive cutīculae cutīculārum
dative cutīculae cutīculīs
accusative cutīculam cutīculās
ablative cutīculā cutīculīs
vocative cutīcula cutīculae

Descendants

  • Russian: кути́кула (kutíkula)

References

  • cuticula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cuticula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cuticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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