utriculus

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /jʊˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs

Noun

utriculus (plural utriculi)

1. (biology, anatomy, botany) Alternative form of utricle.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uˈtri.ku.lus/, [ʊˈt̪rɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈtri.ku.lus/, [uˈt̪riːkulus]

Etymology 1

From uter (“a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

utriculus m (genitive utriculī); second declension

1. diminutive of uter: a small skin or leathern bottle.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	utriculus	utriculī
Genitive	utriculī	utriculōrum
Dative	utriculō	utriculīs
Accusative	utriculum	utriculōs
Ablative	utriculō	utriculīs
Vocative	utricule	utriculī

Descendants

• → French: utricule
• → English: utricle, utriculus

Etymology 2

From uterus (“the womb, matrix”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

utriculus m (genitive utriculī); second declension

1. diminutive of uterus:
   1. The belly, abdomen. (of bees)
   2. A little womb or matrix.
   3. (botany) A bud or calycle of a flower, a hull or husk of grain.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	utriculus	utriculī
Genitive	utriculī	utriculōrum
Dative	utriculō	utriculīs
Accusative	utriculum	utriculōs
Ablative	utriculō	utriculīs
Vocative	utricule	utriculī

References

• “utriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press