acinus

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”); the histopathologic sense comes figuratively from the fancied resemblance (on microscopy) of acinic cells (acinar cells) to bunches of drupelets, berries, or grapes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæsɪnəs/ === Noun === acinus (plural acini) (botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. Coordinate term: vesicle (botany) A grape-stone. (anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === acina f (rare) acinum n === Etymology === From the same root of acus (“needle, pin”), due to the presence of a sharp seed inside the grape, or perhaps, per De Vaan, because grape seeds are rather bitter. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.t͡ʃi.nus] === Noun === acinus m (genitive acinī); second declension a berry, especially the grape. the seed of a berry. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== dūracinus ==== Descendants ==== Galician: acio Italian: acino Occitan: ase Portuguese: ázeo (archaic or dialectal) → English: acinus → Irish: aicíneas → Spanish: acino → Portuguese: ácino === References === === Further reading === “acinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "acinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “acinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.