spondylus

See also: Spondylus

Latin

Alternative forms

sphondylus
spondilus, sphondilus
spondulus, sphondulus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπόνδῠλος (spóndŭlos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspɔn.dy.ɫʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspɔn.di.lus]

Noun

spondylus m (genitive spondylī); second declension

(anatomy) vertebra, spondyle
mussel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	spondylus	spondylī
genitive	spondylī	spondylōrum
dative	spondylō	spondylīs
accusative	spondylum	spondylōs
ablative	spondylō	spondylīs
vocative	spondyle	spondylī

Descendants

English: spondyle
Italian: spondilo
→ Translingual: Spondylus

References

“spondylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“spondylus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.