calcaneum
English
Etymology
From Latin calx, calcis (“heel”).
Noun
calcaneum (plural calcaneums or calcanea)
Derived terms
References
- “calcaneum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaɫˈkaː.ne.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kalˈkaː.ne.um]
Noun
calcāneum n (genitive calcāneī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | calcāneum | calcānea |
| genitive | calcāneī | calcāneōrum |
| dative | calcāneō | calcāneīs |
| accusative | calcāneum | calcānea |
| ablative | calcāneō | calcāneīs |
| vocative | calcāneum | calcānea |
Related terms
Descendants
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: calcanzu, carcàngiu, carcanzu
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: calcagn
- Romansch: chaltgogn, calcogn, chalchagn
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: calcany (archaic)
- Gascon: caucàgn
- Ibero-Romance:
Borrowings:
References
- “calcaneum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "calcaneum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- calcaneum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.