volsella

English

Noun

volsella (plural volsellae)

  1. A male reproductive appendage in some insects.
  2. Alternative form of vulsellum
    • 1867, William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan, The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery
      The projecting portion of tumour must be seized with a strong volsella, and dragged and slightly twisted until removed.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vulsus.

Noun

volsella f (genitive volsellae); first declension

  1. A pair of tweezers for plucking out hairs
  2. A kind of forceps

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative volsella volsellae
Genitive volsellae volsellārum
Dative volsellae volsellīs
Accusative volsellam volsellās
Ablative volsellā volsellīs
Vocative volsella volsellae

References
  • volsella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • volsella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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