different between amygdalae vs amygdala

English

Alternative forms

• amygdalas

Etymology

Latin

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??m??.d?.li/, /??m??.d?.la?/

Noun

amygdalae

1. plural of amygdala

Latin

Noun

amygdalae

1. nominative plural of amygdala
2. genitive singular of amygdala
3. dative singular of amygdala
4. vocative plural of amygdala

English

Etymology

Because of its shape, from Latin amygdala (“almond”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (amugdál?, “almond”). Doublet of mandorla.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??m??.d?.l?/

Noun

amygdala (plural amygdalas or amygdalae)

1. (neuroanatomy) The region of the brain, located in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in the emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.

Holonyms

• (region of the brain): brain

Related terms

• amygdalian
• amygdalin
• amygdaloid
• mesoamygdala

Translations

Czech

Noun

amygdala f

1. amygdala

Declension

Latin

Alternative forms

• amigdala (medieval)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?my?.da.la/, [ä?m??d?ä??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?mi?.da.la/, [??mi?d??l?]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (amugdál?, “almond”). The sense "tonsil" is likely a calque of Arabic ?????? (lawz).

Noun

amygdala f (genitive amygdalae); first declension

1. almond tree
2. almond

   Synonym: amygdalum

3. (Medieval Latin) tonsil

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Sicilian: mènnula
• ? West Germanic: *mandal? (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Noun

amygdala

1. nominative plural of amygdalum
2. accusative plural of amygdalum
3. vocative plural of amygdalum

References

• amygdala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amygdala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• amygdala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

amygdala f (plural amygdalas)

1. Obsolete spelling of amígdala