different between osculum vs oscular

English

Etymology

From Latin ?sculum (“little mouth”).

Noun

osculum (plural oscula)

1. (chiefly zoology) A small opening or orifice. [from 18th c.]
2. (zoology, obsolete) One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm.
3. (zoology) The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.

Translations

Anagrams

• lucumos, musculo-

Latin

Alternative forms

• ausculum

Etymology

From ?s (“mouth”) +? -culum, neuter form of -culus (suffix forming a diminutive).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o?s.ku.lum/, [?o?s?k??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?os.ku.lum/, [??skulum]

Noun

?sculum n (genitive ?scul?); second declension

1. a kiss
2. a little mouth

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

• (kiss): b?sium n, su?vium n

Descendants

• English: osculum
• French: oscule
• Italian: osculo
• Romanian: u?ti
• Portuguese: ósculo
• Spanish: ósculo

See also

• ?s

References

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

English

Adjective

oscular (comparative more oscular, superlative most oscular)

1. Of or pertaining to the mouth.

Related terms

• osculate
• osculum

Anagrams

• Carolus, Lacours, oculars

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ?scul?r?, present active infinitive of ?sculor.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oskul?a?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /oskul?a?/
• Hyphenation: os?cu?lar

Verb

oscular (first-person singular present indicative osculo, past participle osculado)

1. (rare) to kiss, to osculate

   Synonym: beijar

Conjugation

References

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