sustentaculum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin sustentaculum; compare sustentate. Attested since the eighteenth century. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌsʌstɛnˈtakjʊləm/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌsəstɛnˈtækjələm/ === Noun === sustentaculum (plural sustentacula or sustentaculums) (anatomy, zoology) A supporting structure, a body part that supports one or more other parts. ==== Translations ==== === References === “sustentaculum, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2012. == Latin == === Etymology === From sustentō. === Noun === sustentāculum n (genitive sustentāculī); second declension prop, stay, support sustenance, nourishment ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: sustentacle Galician: sustentáculo Italian: sostentacolo Portuguese: sustentáculo Spanish: sustentáculo === References === “sustentaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “sustentaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "sustentaculum", 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) “sustentaculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.