lingula

See also: Lingula

English

Etymology

From Latin lingula (“small tongue”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪŋɡjələ/

Noun

lingula (plural lingulae)

  1. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
  2. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

lingula f (plural lingule)

  1. (anatomy) lingula
  2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

Latin

Etymology

lingua +‎ -ula, possibly influenced by ligula and lingō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/, [ˈlɪŋ.ɡʊ.ɫa]

Noun

lingula f (genitive lingulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of lingua
  2. tongue of land

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lingula lingulae
genitive lingulae lingulārum
dative lingulae lingulīs
accusative lingulam lingulās
ablative lingulā lingulīs
vocative lingula lingulae

Derived terms

  • lingulātus

Descendants

References

  • lingula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lingula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lingula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • lingula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • lingula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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