different between filum vs hilum

English

Etymology

From Latin f?lum (“thread”). Doublet of file.

Noun

filum (plural fila)

1. (anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *f?(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *g??iH-(s-)lo-. Cognate with Lithuanian gysla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fi?.lum/, [?fi??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fi.lum/, [?fi?lum]

Noun

f?lum n (genitive f?l?); second declension

1. thread, string, filament, fiber
2. texture, style, nature
3. wick of a lamp

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

• (wick): mergulus

Descendants

• Corsican: filu
• Dalmatian: fil
• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: hir, hjir, hiru
  • Romanian: fir
• Italian: filo, fila
• Old French: fil
  • French: fil
    • ? English: file (“collection of papers”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ? French: file
      • ? English: file (“column of people”)
      • ? Spanish: fila
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: filu
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: fil, fila
  • Occitan: fial
• Old Portuguese: fio
  • Galician: fío
  • Portuguese: fio
• Old Spanish: filo
  • Spanish: hilo, filo
    • ? Cebuano: hilo
    • ? Kapampangan: hilo
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: fîl
  • Romansch: fil
• Sardinian: filu, fiu
• Sicilian: filu
• Venetian: fi?o, fil
• ? Albanian: fill
• ? English: filum

Noun

f?lum n

1. accusative singular of f?lum
2. vocative singular of f?lum

References

• filum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• filum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• filum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• filum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• hilus

Etymology

From Latin h?lum (“a trifle; a spot on a seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?.l?m/
• Hyphenation: hi?lum

Noun

hilum (plural hila)

1. (botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.
2. (botany) The nucleus of a starch grain.
3. (anatomy) A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ; a porta.

Synonyms

• (fissure): porta

Related terms

• hilar

Translations

Further reading

• Hilum (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hilum (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Semitic source.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hi?.lum/, [?hi??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.lum/, [?i?lum]

Noun

h?lum n (genitive h?l?); second declension

1. trifle
2. (in the negative) not a whit, not in the least

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• Catalan: hílum
• English: hilum, hilus
• French: hile
• German: Hilum
• Italian: ilo
• Portuguese: hilo
• Spanish: hilio

References

• hilum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hilum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hilum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hilum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hilum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016