funiculus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) +‎ -culus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fjʊˈnɪk.jʊl.əs/ (General American) IPA(key): /fjʊˈnɪk.jəl.əs/, /fəˈnɪk.jəl.əs/ Rhymes: -ɪkjələs Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs === Noun === funiculus (plural funiculi) (anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi. (botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta. Synonyms: funicle, umbilical cord ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “funiculus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “funiculus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive from fūnis (“cord, rope”) +‎ -culus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fuːˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fuˈniː.ku.lus] === Noun === fūniculus m (genitive fūniculī); second declension a slender rope, cord ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (cord): fūnicula, līnum, vinculum ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “funiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “funiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "funiculus", 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) “funiculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.