angulus
See also: Angulus
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡjəl.əs/
Noun
angulus (plural anguli)
- (anatomy) An angle or corner, such as the angular portion of the stomach between the lesser curvature and the pylorus.
- Synonym: gastric angle
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”). Cognates include Sanskrit अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri, “finger, toe”), Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”), Old High German enchil (“ankle, joint”), Icelandic ekkja and Old Church Slavonic ѫгълъ (ǫgŭlŭ, “angle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡu.lus/, [ˈäŋɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡu.lus/, [ˈäŋɡulus]
Noun
angulus m (genitive angulī); second declension
- (mathematics) An angle.
- A corner.
- A retired, unfrequented place, a nook, corner, lurking place.
- A projection of the sea into the land, a bay, gulf.
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | angulus | angulī |
Genitive | angulī | angulōrum |
Dative | angulō | angulīs |
Accusative | angulum | angulōs |
Ablative | angulō | angulīs |
Vocative | angule | angulī |
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants of angulus in other languages
References
- “angulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “angulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- angulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “angulus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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