taenia

== English == === Alternative forms === tænia, tenia === Etymology === From Latin taenia, from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, tape”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːniə === Noun === taenia (plural taenias or taeniae) (historical) A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece. (architecture, Doric architecture) A band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order. 2004, William Bell Dinsmoor, The Propylaia to the Athenian Acropolis, Volume 2: The Classical Building, page 165, The height of the taenia was likewise determined with regard to the total height of the epistyle, and again, although we should not expect a proportion of less than one-twelfth of the total height (as in the Parthenon), it is reduced to one-thirteenth, executed as 0.089-0.090 m. (anatomy) Any of several ribbon-like bands of tissue. (biology) Any species of the genus Taenia of tapeworms. ==== Derived terms ==== taeniacide taeniae coli: taenia libera taenia mesocolica taenia omentalis === Anagrams === antiae == French == === Etymology === From Latin taenia, from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, tape”). === Noun === taenia f (plural taenias) taenia alternative spelling of ténia === Further reading === “taenia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, tape”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtae̯.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.ni.a] === Noun === taenia f (genitive taeniae); first declension ribbon Synonym: vitta tapeworm taenia (band between the frieze and architrave in the Doric order) ribbonfish (Trachipterus spp.) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== References ==== “taenia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “taenia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “taenia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “taenia”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “taenia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “taenia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin === Anagrams === antiae