clavula
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clāvula (“scion, graft”).
Noun
clavula (plural clavulas or clavulae)
- A ciliated bristle of some sea urchins
- A spicule of some sponges
Latin
Etymology
Effectively a diminutive from clāva (“staff, club”) + -ula. Given the apparent cognate in Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf, name of a sacrificial instrument), Proto-Italic *klāwelā is reconstructible.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫaː.wʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklaː.vu.la]
Noun
clāvula f (genitive clāvulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clāvula | clāvulae |
| genitive | clāvulae | clāvulārum |
| dative | clāvulae | clāvulīs |
| accusative | clāvulam | clāvulās |
| ablative | clāvulā | clāvulīs |
| vocative | clāvula | clāvulae |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: clavula
See also
- clāvulus
References
- “clavula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clavula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.