different between bronchial vs pessulus

English

Etymology

bronchus +? -ial

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b???n.ki.?l/

Adjective

bronchial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the bronchi or bronchioles.

Derived terms

Translations

German

Etymology

Bronchie +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??n?çi?a?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

bronchial (not comparable)

1. bronchial

Declension

Further reading

• “bronchial” in Duden online

English

Etymology

Latin, a bolt.

Noun

pessulus (plural pessuli)

1. (anatomy) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

Latin

Alternative forms

• pessula

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (pássalos), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??- (whence pang?). See also rep?gulum.

Noun

pessulus m (genitive pessul?); second declension

1. a bolt (of a door)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *pestulus, *pestellus
  • Asturian: piesllu, priesllu
  • Galician: pecho
  • Portuguese: pestilo
  • Spanish: pestillo

References

• pessulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pessulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pessulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pessulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pessulus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin