homunculus

== English == === Alternative forms === homonculus === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin homunculus, from homō (“man”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɒˈmʌŋk.jʊ.ləs/ (US) IPA(key): /həˈmʌŋk.jə.ləs/, /hoʊˈmʌŋk.jə.ləs/ === Noun === homunculus (plural homunculi or homunculuses) A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:homunculus. ==== Derived terms ==== cortical homunculus homunculus argument ==== Related terms ==== homo homunculine ==== Translations ==== === See also === manikin === References === “homunculus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “homunculus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “homunculus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Italian == === Alternative forms === omuncolo === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin homunculus (“little man”). Compare the adapted borrowing omuncolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈmun.ku.lus/ Rhymes: -unkulus Hyphenation: ho‧mùn‧cu‧lus === Noun === homunculus m (invariable) (alchemy, folklore) homunculus (a legendary figure resembling a little man, who was said to be created through alchemy) (historical, biology) homunculus (the little man believed by preformationists to be inside human sperm) (physiology, neuroscience) homunculus (nerve map realized as a distorted representation of the human body) homunculus corticale ― cortical homunculus homunculus motorio ― motor homunculus === Further reading === (sense 1 and 2): homunculus (alchimia) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it (sense 3): homunculus corticale on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it omuncolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana homunculus in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication == Latin == === Etymology === From homō, hominis +‎ -culus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔˈmʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈmuŋ.ku.lus] === Noun === homunculus m (genitive homunculī); second declension diminutive of homō (“man”) a little or weak man, homunculus (rare) a dwarf Synonyms: nānus, pūmiliō ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: homuncle → English: homunculus → Spanish: homúnculo → French: homuncule → German: Homunkulus → Italian: homunculus → Japanese: ホムンクルス → Portuguese: homúnculo → Romanian: homunculus → Russian: гому́нкул (gomúnkul) === References === “homunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “homunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “homunculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin homunculus. === Noun === homunculus m (plural homunculuși) homunculus ==== Declension ====