fornix

== English == === Etymology === Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪks/ === Noun === fornix (plural fornices) (anatomy) An archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera. (neuroanatomy) A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus. The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix. ==== Derived terms ==== fornical fornicate forniceal fornix vaginae ==== Translations ==== === References === “fornix”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “fornix”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.nɪks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.niks] === Etymology 1 === Probably akin to Latin fornāx and furnus, fornus (“furnace”), and derived from the latter as *fornikos (“vaulted like a furnace”): typologically compare Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos, “furnace”) beside καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”), both possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, to curve”). ==== Noun ==== fornix m (genitive fornicis); third declension (literal) arch, vault (poetic) the arch of heaven (originally metonymic) cellar; crypt (euphemistic) brothel situated in a cellar (Medieval Latin, figurative) basis or foundation (of an idea) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Conflation with fornāx. ==== Noun ==== fornix m (genitive fornicis); third declension (Medieval Latin) furnace; oven === References === === Further reading === “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fornix", 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) “fornix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “fornix”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC “fornix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers fornix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “fornix”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Rich, Anthony (1849), “fornix”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon‎[4], London: Longmans, pages 297–298