flagellum

Etymology

From Latin flagellum (“whip”), diminutive of flagrum, from Proto-Indo-European *bhlag (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fləˈdʒɛləm/

Noun

flagellum (plural flagella or flagellums or flagellae)

1. (biology) In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding.
2. (biology) In bacteria, a long, whiplike proteinaceous appendage, used for locomotion.
3. A whip

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaːˈɣɛ.lʏm/
• Hyphenation: fla‧gel‧lum

Noun

flagellum m (plural flagella)

1. flagellum

   Synonyms: flagel, zweepdraad, zweephaar, zweepstaart

Etymology

From flagrum (“scourge, whip”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡel.lum/, [fɫaˈɡɛl.lũ]

Noun

flagellum n (genitive flagellī); second declension

1. whip, lash, scourge
2. tentacle

References

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