taeniola

English

Etymology

Latin taeniola, diminutive of taenia (“ribbon”).

Noun

taeniola (plural taeniolae)

  1. (zoology) One of the radial partitions which separate the internal cavities of certain medusae.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “taeniola”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of taenia (“ribbon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

taeniola f (genitive taeniolae); first declension

  1. little band; thin ribbon
  2. (New Latin) film, movie, video
    Synonym: (New Latin) pellicula

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative taeniola taeniolae
genitive taeniolae taeniolārum
dative taeniolae taeniolīs
accusative taeniolam taeniolās
ablative taeniolā taeniolīs
vocative taeniola taeniolae

References

  • “taeniola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • taeniola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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