ventriculus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /vɛnˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/, /vənˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs

Noun

ventriculus (plural ventriculi)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.

Derived terms

References

Latin

Etymology

From venter (“the belly”) +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ventriculus m (genitive ventriculī); second declension

  1. (literal) the belly
  2. (transferred sense, anatomy)
    1. the stomach
    2. a ventricle of the heart
    3. a ventricle of the brain

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ventriculus ventriculī
genitive ventriculī ventriculōrum
dative ventriculō ventriculīs
accusative ventriculum ventriculōs
ablative ventriculō ventriculīs
vocative ventricule ventriculī

Derived terms

  • ventricola
  • ventricultor

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ventriculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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