siphunculus

English

Etymology

From Latin siphunculus, q.v.

Noun

siphunculus (plural siphunculi)

  1. Alternative form of siphuncule.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sīphō +‎ -culus, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Noun

sīphunculus m (genitive sīphunculī); second declension

  1. a little tube or pipe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sīphunculus sīphunculī
genitive sīphunculī sīphunculōrum
dative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
accusative sīphunculum sīphunculōs
ablative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
vocative sīphuncule sīphunculī

Descendants

  • Translingual: Sipunculus, Sipuncula
  • English: siphunculus, siphuncule
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