different between mite vs cuniculus
mite
English
Etymology
From Middle English mite, from Old English m?te (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-Germanic *m?t? (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitan? (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *mai- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German m?za (“mite”), Middle Dutch m?te (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: m?t, IPA(key): /ma?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Homophone: might
Noun
mite (plural mites)
- Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
- A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
- 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
- One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands
- Shall buy and sell the miser's lands;
- 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
- A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
- A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
- (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle
- (colloquial, often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one you take pity on; rascal
- 2014, Lorraine F Elli, The Little Town Mouse
- “Tom told me that, but twasn't your fault, the little mite just couldn't wait to be born that's all.” A small smile played on Leah's lips
- 2014, Lorraine F Elli, The Little Town Mouse
Synonyms
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mite
- Eye dialect spelling of might.
Anagrams
- -time, METI, emit, it me, item, time
Au
Noun
mite
- woman
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mythos
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?mi.t?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?mi.te/
Noun
mite m (plural mites)
- myth
Related terms
- mític
- mitologia
Further reading
- “mite” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch m?te (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *m?t? (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitan? (“to cut”).
Akin to Old English m?te (“mite, tiny insect”), Old High German m?za (“mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mit/
Noun
mite f (plural mites)
- mite (arachnid)
- moth, particularly one whose larva destroys something stored by humans
Derived terms
- antimite
Related terms
- chenille f
- papillon m
- teigne f (“clothes moth”)
- pyrale f (“meal moth”)
Verb
mite
- first-person singular present indicative of miter
- third-person singular present indicative of miter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of miter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of miter
- second-person singular imperative of miter
Further reading
- “mite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- émit, émît
Italian
Etymology
From Latin m?tis (“mild, mature”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mi.te/
Adjective
mite (plural miti)
- mild
- moderate (price)
- balmy, mild (climate)
- meek (animal)
Anagrams
- temi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mi?.te/, [?mi?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?mi.te/, [?mi?t??]
Adjective
m?te
- nominative neuter singular of m?tis
- accusative neuter singular of m?tis
- vocative neuter singular of m?tis
References
- mite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch m?te (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *m?t? (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”).
Noun
mite f (plural mites)
- (Jersey) mite
Volapük
Noun
mite
- dative singular of mit
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cuniculus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cun?culus.
Noun
cuniculus (plural cuniculi)
- a burrow or low underground passage
- a burrow in the skin made by a mite
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (kóniklos), probably of Iberian or Celtiberian origin; compare Basque untxi (“rabbit”), Mozarabic conchair (“greyhound”). The original meaning “burrow” adapted to the rabbit or vice versa.
Attested beginning from Cicero and Varro.
Alternative forms
- cuniculum, cuniclus, cunicolus, coniculus, conicolus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ku?ni?.ku.lus/, [k??ni?k????s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ku?ni.ku.lus/, [ku?ni?kulus]
Noun
cun?culus m (genitive cun?cul?, feminine cun?cula); second declension
- a rabbit
- a rabbit burrow
- a mine, underground tunnel or gallery
- a mine, underground tunnel or gallery
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
- cun?cul?rium
Descendants
- Latin: cun?clus (see there for further descendants)
- ? English: cuniculus
- ? Italian: cunicolo
- ? Portuguese: cunículo
See also
- cuneus
- cunnus
References
- “cun?culus” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Further reading
- cuniculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cuniculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cuniculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cuniculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- cuniculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cuniculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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