patagium
English

Labelled sections of the patagium of a Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon).
Pronunciation
Noun
patagium (plural patagia)
Related terms
Translations
thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of gliding mammals
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References
- Random House, Merriam Webster, American Heritage
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.taˈɡiː.um/, [pät̪äˈɡiːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.taˈd͡ʒi.um/, [pät̪äˈd͡ʒiːum]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | patagīum | patagīa |
Genitive | patagīī | patagīōrum |
Dative | patagīō | patagīīs |
Accusative | patagīum | patagīa |
Ablative | patagīō | patagīīs |
Vocative | patagīum | patagīa |
References
- “patagium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- patagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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