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English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”).

Noun

thalamus (plural thalami or thalamuses)

1. (neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
2. (botany) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
3. A thallus.
4. An inner room or nuptial chamber.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• thalamus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• thalamus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• thalamus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Alternative forms

• talamus

Noun

thalamus m

1. thalamus

French

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos).

Noun

thalamus m (plural thalamus)

1. (anatomy) thalamus

Derived terms

• thalamique

Further reading

• “thalamus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos, “inner room”), especially from Homer.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?t?a.la.mus/, [?t??ä??äm?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ta.la.mus/, [?t???l?mus]

Noun

thalamus m (genitive thalam?); second declension

1. inner room, apartment of a house
2. bedroom, chamber
3. marriage bed
4. (by extension, figuratively) marriage

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• thalamus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thalamus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thalamus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• thalamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• thalamus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thalamus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?ns (“bridge”). Doublet of Pontus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nz/
• Rhymes: -?nz

Noun

pons (plural pontes)

1. (anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ.
2. (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term p?ns Varoli?, within the brain stem.

Holonyms

• brain stem, brainstem

Related terms

• pontine

Translations

Anagrams

• NPOs, Nops, OPNs, nops

Catalan

Verb

pons

1. second-person singular present indicative form of pondre

Cornish

Noun

pons m (plural ponsow)

1. bridge

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ns/
• Hyphenation: pons
• Rhymes: -?ns

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Punze.

Noun

pons m (plural ponsen, diminutive ponsje n)

1. punch (tool for punching or drilling holes)

Derived terms

• ponsen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English punch.

Noun

pons m (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of punch.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pónteh?s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”). Cognate with Sanskrit ????? (páthin), Ancient Greek ?????? (póntos), Old Armenian ???? (hun, “riverbed”), Old English findan (English find), and Old Church Slavonic ???? (p?t?, “road”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pons/, [põ?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pons/, [p?ns]

Noun

p?ns m (genitive pontis); third declension

1. A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
2. (nautical) deck

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

• p?ns Varoli? (“bridge of C?nstantius Varolius / Costanzo Varolio”) (brain stem)
• p?ns asin?rum
• ponticulus
• pontifex
• pont?

Descendants

See also

• pontus

References

• pons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pons in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• pons in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pons in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, pages 479-480