different between ulna vs cubitus

English

Etymology

From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ln?/

Noun

ulna (plural ulnae or ulnas)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

   Synonym: elbow bone

Derived terms

• ulnar

Translations

See also

• radius

Anagrams

• Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Luna, auln, luan, luna, ulan, unal

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ul.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ul.na/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnes)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbit

Further reading

• “ulna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

• “ulna” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Irish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)

1. (anatomy) ulna

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "ulna" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ulna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “ulna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulne)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cubito

Related terms

• ulnare

Anagrams

• luna

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *olen?, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh?l(e)n-, from the root *Heh?l- (“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain. Related to Old Armenian ???? (uln, “neck”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (aleina, “cubit”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (lanita, “cheek”), Ancient Greek ????? (?lén?, “elbow”), Sanskrit ??? (a?i, “the point of a needle”), Albanian llërë (“upper arm”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ul.na/, [????nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ul.na/, [?uln?]

Noun

ulna f (genitive ulnae); first declension (poetic)

1. (anatomy) elbow-bone, ulna
2. (pars pro toto) arm

3. a linear measure, cubit, ell

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ?? Albanian: *uln?
• ? Catalan: ulna (learned)
• ? English: ulna
• ? Galician: ulna (learned)
• ? Italian: ulna (learned)
• ? Portuguese: ulna (learned)
• ? Spanish: ulna (learned)

References

• ulna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ulna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ulna in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ulna (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?uw.na/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy, Brazil) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

Hypernyms

• osso

See also

• cotovelo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ulna/, [?ul.na]

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

• “ulna” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.

Noun

cubitus (plural cubiti)

1. (archaic) The ulna.
2. (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus; the vein running along the dorsal edge of the discal cell.
3. (anatomy) The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
4. (anatomy) The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.

Synonyms

• (vein of insect wing): Cu

Derived terms

• articulatio cubiti
• cubital

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of coude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.bi.tys/

Noun

cubitus m (plural cubitus)

1. (anatomy) ulna

See also

• humérus
• radius

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ku.bi.tus/, [?k?b?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ku.bi.tus/, [?ku?bit?us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of cub? (“lie down, recline”).

Participle

cubitus (feminine cubita, neuter cubitum); first/second-declension participle

1. reclined, lying down, having been reclined.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

Noun

cubitus m (genitive cubit?s); fourth declension

1. (rare) a lying down
2. (figuratively, rare) bed, couch

   Synonym: tricl?nium

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Etymology 3

Noun

cubitus m (genitive cubit?); second declension

1. Alternative form of cubitum

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French cubitus

Noun

cubitus n (uncountable)

1. ulna

Declension