ambulacrum
English
Etymology
From Latin ambulacrum, from ambulō (“walk; travel”).
Noun
ambulacrum (plural ambulacrums or ambulacra)
- A row of pores in an echinoderm, for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet.
- A walk or promenade planted with trees, often near a house.
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Translations
row of pores for the protrusion of tube feet in echinoderms
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Latin
Etymology
From ambulō (“walk; travel”) + -crum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.bʊˈɫaː.krũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.buˈlaː.krum]
Noun
ambulācrum n (genitive ambulācrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ambulācrum | ambulācra |
| genitive | ambulācrī | ambulācrōrum |
| dative | ambulācrō | ambulācrīs |
| accusative | ambulācrum | ambulācra |
| ablative | ambulācrō | ambulācrīs |
| vocative | ambulācrum | ambulācra |
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Descendants
- English: ambulacrum
References
- “ambulacrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ambulacrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.