different between lingula vs lingulae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lingula (“small tongue”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???j?l?/

Noun

lingula (plural lingulae)

1. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
2. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

Related terms

• lingular
• linguliform

Anagrams

• lingual

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lingula.

Noun

lingula f (plural lingule)

1. (anatomy) lingula
2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

Latin

Etymology

lingua +? -ula, possibly influenced by ling?.

Alternative forms

• ligula

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lin.?u.la/, [?l??????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lin.?u.la/, [?li??ul?]

Noun

lingula f (genitive lingulae); first declension

1. Diminutive of lingua
2. tongue of land
3. The tongue of a shoe, a shoe-strap, shoe-latchet
4. A spoon or ladle for skimming a pot, a skimmer
5. A small sword
6. The tongue or reed of a flute
7. The pointed end of a post or stake, which was inserted into something
8. The short arm of a lever
9. The tongue-shaped extremity of a water-pipe
10. The tongue of a scale-beam
11. A tongue-shaped member of the cuttle-fish

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• lingul?tus

Descendants

• Aromanian: lingurã
• ? English: lingula
• ? Italian: lingula
• Romanian: lingur?

References

• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lingula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lingula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lingula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lingula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Noun

lingulae

1. plural of lingula

Latin

Noun

lingulae

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