vomer
English
WOTD – 9 August 2010
Etymology
Noun
vomer (plural vomers)
- (anatomy) The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.
Translations
vomer bone — see vomer bone
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔ.mɛʁ/
Noun
vomer m (plural vomers)
Further reading
- “vomer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwoː.mer/, [ˈwoː.mɛr]
Noun
vōmer m (genitive vōmeris); third declension
- ploughshare
- (informal) penis
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vōmer | vōmerēs |
| genitive | vōmeris | vōmerum |
| dative | vōmerī | vōmeribus |
| accusative | vōmerem | vōmerēs |
| ablative | vōmere | vōmeribus |
| vocative | vōmer | vōmerēs |
Derived terms
- vōmeronāsālis
Descendants
References
- vomer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vomer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vomer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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