petiolus
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]petiolus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From root *pediciolus, diminutive of pediculus, diminutive of pēs.
Noun
[edit]petiolus m (genitive petiolī); second declension
- (Late Latin) a little foot
- (Late Latin) a fruit stalk; stem
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | petiolus | petiolī |
Genitive | petiolī | petiolōrum |
Dative | petiolō | petiolīs |
Accusative | petiolum | petiolōs |
Ablative | petiolō | petiolīs |
Vocative | petiole | petiolī |
Derived terms
[edit]- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pecione (“little stalk; nipple”)
Descendants
[edit]Borrowings:
- → Arabic: بُجُّول (bujjūl)
- → Catalan: pecíol
- → French: pétiole
- → Portuguese: pecíolo
- → Spanish: pecíolo
References
[edit]- “petiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petiolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.