ventriculus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /vɛnˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/, /vənˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs

Noun

ventriculus (plural ventriculi)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.

Derived terms

References

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin venter
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin ventriculus

    From venter (“the belly”) + -culus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ventriculus m (genitive ventriculī); second declension

    1. (literal) the belly
    2. (transferred sense, anatomy)
      1. the stomach
      2. a ventricle of the heart
      3. a ventricle of the brain

    Inflection

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ventriculus ventriculī
    genitive ventriculī ventriculōrum
    dative ventriculō ventriculīs
    accusative ventriculum ventriculōs
    ablative ventriculō ventriculīs
    vocative ventricule ventriculī

    Derived terms

    • ventricola
    • ventricultor

    Descendants

    Descendants
    • Asturian: banduyu, bandullu
      • → Spanish: bandrullo
    • Italian: ventricchio
    • Old Catalan: ventreyl
    • Old French: ventroil
    • Old Occitan: ventrilh, ventrelh
    • Portuguese: bandulho
    • Romansh: ventrigl

    Borrowings:

    References

    • “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “ventriculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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