commissura

== Italian == === Noun === commissura f (plural commissure) (obsolete or sciences) alternative form of commessura ==== Derived terms ==== commissurale commissurotomia === Further reading === commissura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === From committō (“to join, connect”) +‎ -tūra with the regular change -tt- → -ss-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔm.mɪsˈsuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kom.misˈsuː.ra] === Noun === commissūra f (genitive commissūrae); first declension A joining or connecting together; a band, knot, joint, seam, juncture, commissure. commissura Piscium “the knot in the constellation Pisces” Connection in discourse. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: commissure === Participle === commissūra inflection of commissūrus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Participle === commissūrā ablative feminine singular of commissūrus === References === “commissura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “commissura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "commissura", 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) “commissura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. commissura in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung