malleolus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin malleolus (“a small hammer or mallet”); itself from malleus (“a hammer, mallet”) +‎ -olus (“diminutive suffix”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /maˈliː.əl.əs/ (General American) IPA(key): /məˈliː.əl.əs/ Rhymes: -iːələs === Noun === malleolus (plural malleoli or malleoluses) (anatomy) The bony prominence with a shape likened to a hammerhead, especially each of those at the distal end of the fibula or tibia, on either side of the ankle joint. Meronyms: lateral malleolus, medial malleolus, posterior malleolus ==== Derived terms ==== malleolar (adjective) ==== Translations ==== === References === “malleolus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “malleolus”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Etymology === From malleus (“a hammer, mallet”) + -olus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [malˈle.ɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [malˈlɛː.o.lus] === Noun === malleolus m (genitive malleolī); second declension diminutive of malleus: A small hammer or mallet. (horticulture) A mallet-shoot or hammer-shaped slip or cutting; literally, a “little hammer.” A propagation method where a young, green shoot is harvested with a small, horizontal section of the older, woody branch still attached at the base. This “T” junction resembles a mallet — the older wood forms the “head” and the new shoot forms the “handle” — providing a sturdy, nutrient-rich base for new roots to develop. (weaponry) A kind of fire-dart. The tongue of a shoe buckle. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Balkan Romance: Romanian: măior Italo-Romance: Italian: magliolo Gallo-Romance: Catalan: mallol Occitan: malhòl Ibero-Romance: Asturian: mayuelu, machuelu, mayuolu, mayuölu, mayuilu, malluelu Galician: amalló, amalloa, amallón, malló, malloa Portuguese: amalhó, malhó Spanish: majuelo Borrowings: → Catalan: mal·lèol → English: malleolus → French: malléole → Italian: malleolo → Spanish: maléolo === References === “malleolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “malleolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “malleolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “malleolus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers