different between genual vs genu

English

Etymology

From New Latin genu?lis, from Latin gen? (“knee”).

Adjective

genual (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Naugle, lagune, langue, ulnage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???n.ju?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??i?nu/, /?d???n.(j)u/
• Rhymes: -?nju?

Noun

genu (plural genua)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) The knee.

   Hyponyms: genu valgum, genu varum

   1. A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals.

Derived terms

• genual
• genu-

Related terms

• geniculate

References

• “genu”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “genu”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Egun

Latin

Alternative forms

• genum, genus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genu, from Proto-Indo-European *?ónu. Cognates with Ancient Greek ???? (gónu, “knee; plant node”), German knie, English knee.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??e.nu?/, [???nu?] or IPA^(key): /??e.nu/, [???n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d??e.nu/, [?d????nu]
• Note: the nominative/accusative ending vowel of 4th declension neuters is etymologically expected to be short, and is stated to be so by late grammarians. A long vowel would also be expected to be subject to iambic shortening in most forms. There are only two passages that conclusively require a long scansion.

Noun

gen? n (genitive gen?s); fourth declension

1. (literally, anatomy) a knee, kneejoint, kneepan
   1. an act of kneeling or beseeching
   2. an elbow
2. (transferred sense, botany) a knot, joint

   Synonym: geniculum

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

A rare genitive singular form genoris is attested epigraphically.

Derived terms

• geniculum
• geniculus
• genuflecto

References

• genu in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• genu in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• genu in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• genu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.