cartilago

== Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), the same source as Latin crātis (“wickerwork”) and Ancient Greek κροτώνη (krotṓnē, “excrescence on a tree”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kar.tɪˈɫaː.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kar.tiˈlaː.ɡo] === Noun === cartilāgō f (genitive cartilāginis); third declension (anatomy) Cartilage, gristle. (botany) A substance harder than pulp but softer than woody fiber. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== cartilāgineus (adjective) cartilāginōsus (adjective) ==== Descendants ==== → French: cartilage → English: cartilage → Spanish: cartílago === References === “cartilago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "cartilago", 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) “cartilago”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.