internodium

Latin

Etymology

inter- +‎ nōdus (“knot”) +‎ -ium

Pronunciation

Noun

internōdium n (genitive internōdiī or internōdī); second declension

  1. the space between two knots or joints; an internode
  2. segment [as in an scorpion's tail made of segments, etc]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative internōdium internōdia
genitive internōdiī
internōdī1 		internōdiōrum
dative internōdiō internōdiīs
accusative internōdium internōdia
ablative internōdiō internōdiīs
vocative internōdium internōdia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “internodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “internodium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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