patagium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon).

Pronunciation

  • Commonly irregular IPA(key): /pəˈteɪdʒi.əm/,[1] also IPA(key): /pætəˈdʒaɪəm/[2] following the Latin

Noun

patagium (plural patagia)

  1. The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals
  2. A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird

Translations

References

  1. ↑ Random House, Merriam Webster, American Heritage
  2. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.taˈɡiː.um/, [pa.taˈɡiː.ũ]

Noun

patagīum n (genitive patagīī); second declension

  1. A gold edging on a Roman tunic

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative patagium patagia
genitive patagiī patagiōrum
dative patagiō patagiīs
accusative patagium patagia
ablative patagiō patagiīs
vocative patagium patagia

References

  • patagium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • patagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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