canaliculus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin canāliculus (“small channel, pipe or gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌkænəˈlɪkjələs/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs === Noun === canaliculus (plural canaliculi) (anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants. Synonym: canalicule ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.naːˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.naˈliː.ku.lus] === Noun === canāliculus m (genitive canāliculī); second declension A small channel, pipe or gutter. A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (small channel, pipe or gutter): canālicula (gutter-splint): canālicula ==== Derived terms ==== canāliculātus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: canaliculus Italian: canalicolo → Portuguese: canalículo (learned) Sicilian: canalicchiu === References === “canaliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “canaliculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “canaliculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers canaliculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “canaliculus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin