fimbriae

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪm.bɹi.i/ === Noun === fimbriae plural of fimbria == Latin == === Etymology === Unclear. Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root common to fīlum (“thread, yarn”) and fibra (“fibre”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɪm.bri.ae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfim.bri.e] === Noun === fimbriae f pl (genitive fimbriārum); first declension (plural only) Fibres, threads, shreds, fibrous part, fringe. ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== fimbriātus (adjective) ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *frimbia Old French: frenge, fringe (see there for further descendants) → Middle English: frenge, frang English: fringe === Noun === fimbriae f inflection of fimbria: genitive/dative singular nominative/vocative plural === References === “fimbriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fimbriae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fimbriae", 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) “fimbriae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fimbriae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “fimbriae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin