siphunculus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin siphunculus, q.v.

Noun[edit]

siphunculus (plural siphunculi)

  1. Alternative form of siphuncule

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sīphō +‎ -culus, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Noun[edit]

sīphunculus m (genitive sīphunculī); second declension

  1. a little tube or pipe

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sīphunculus sīphunculī
Genitive sīphunculī sīphunculōrum
Dative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
Accusative sīphunculum sīphunculōs
Ablative sīphunculō sīphunculīs
Vocative sīphuncule sīphunculī

Descendants[edit]