nodulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus. Doublet of nodule.

Pronunciation

Noun

nodulus (plural noduli)

  1. A nodule; a little knot or lump.
  2. (neuroanatomy) The part of the vestibulocerebellum that is at the end of the vermis
    Synonym: nodule

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin nōdus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin nōdulus

    From nōdus (“a knot; knob; bond”) + -ulus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    nōdulus m (genitive nōdulī); second declension

    1. diminutive of nōdus (“knot”)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative nōdulus nōdulī
    genitive nōdulī nōdulōrum
    dative nōdulō nōdulīs
    accusative nōdulum nōdulōs
    ablative nōdulō nōdulīs
    vocative nōdule nōdulī

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: nòdul
    • → English: nodulus
    • → French: nodule
    • → Italian: nodulo
    • → Occitan: nodul
    • → Portuguese: nódulo
    • → Spanish: nódulo

    References

    • “nodulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “nodulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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