clavula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clāvula (“scion, graft”). By surface analysis, clav(a) +‎ -ula. === Noun === clavula (plural clavulas or clavulae) A ciliated bristle of some sea urchins A spicule of some sponges == Latin == === Etymology === Effectively a diminutive from clāva (“staff, club”) +‎ -ula. Given the apparent cognate in Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf, name of a sacrificial instrument), Proto-Italic *klāwelā is reconstructible. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫaː.wʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklaː.vu.la] === Noun === clāvula f (genitive clāvulae); first declension graft, scion ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== clāva ==== Descendants ==== → English: clavula === See also === clāvulus === References === “clavula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “clavula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.