different between pecten vs pectinate

English

Etymology

From Latin pecten (“comb”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?kt?n/, /?p?kt?n/

Noun

pecten (plural pectens or pectines)

1. (anatomy, obsolete) The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers. [15th–16th c.]
2. (anatomy) The pubic bone.
3. (anatomy) A comb structure.
4. (zoology) One of the genus Pecten of scallops.

Further reading

• pecten on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pecten (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pecten (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pecten on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pekten, from Proto-Indo-European *pe?ten-s, from Proto-Indo-European *pe?- (“pluck”) (whence pecto). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kteís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pek.ten/, [?p?kt??n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pek.ten/, [?p?kt??n]

Noun

pecten m (genitive pectinis); third declension

1. comb
2. pubic hair
3. scallop

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pectin?

Descendants

References

• pecten in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pecten in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pecten in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pecten in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pecten in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pecten in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pectin?tus (“combed”), mid 18th c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?kt?ne?t/

Adjective

pectinate (not comparable)

1. Resembling a comb.
2. Having segments which are greatly lengthened to one side.

3. (mycology) striate

Translations

Noun

pectinate (plural pectinates)

1. (chemistry) An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.

Related terms

• pecten
• pectinal
• pectinatella
• pectination
• pectinibranchiate
• pectiniform

References

Anagrams

• Epictetan

Latin

Verb

pectin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of pectin?