tonsillae
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Diminutive form of tōlēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tonˈsil.lae̯/, [t̪õːˈs̠ɪlːʲäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tonˈsil.le/, [t̪onˈsilːe]
Noun
tōnsillae f pl (genitive tōnsillārum); first declension
- inflection of tōnsilla:
- genitive/dative singular
- nominative/vocative plural
- (anatomy) the tonsils
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.175:
- Tonsillae in homine, in sue glandulae. quod inter eas uvae nomine ultimo dependet palato, homini tantum est.
- Man has tonsils, the pig glands. Man alone has what is called the uvula hanging from the back of the palate between the tonsils.
- Tonsillae in homine, in sue glandulae. quod inter eas uvae nomine ultimo dependet palato, homini tantum est.
Inflection
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | tōnsillae |
| Genitive | tōnsillārum |
| Dative | tōnsillīs |
| Accusative | tōnsillās |
| Ablative | tōnsillīs |
| Vocative | tōnsillae |
References
- “tonsilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “tonsillae”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 693
- “tonsillae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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