nodulus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin nōdulus. Doublet of nodule.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒd.jʊ.ləs/, /ˈnɒd͡ʒ.ʊ.ləs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑd͡ʒ.ə.ləs/
Hyphenation: nod‧u‧lus

Noun[edit]

nodulus (plural noduli)

A nodule; a little knot or lump.
(neuroanatomy) The part of the vestibulocerebellum that is at the end of the vermis
Synonym: nodule

Related terms[edit]

flocculus

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From nōdus (“a knot; knob; bond”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.du.lus/, [ˈnoːd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.du.lus/, [ˈnɔːd̪ulus]

Noun[edit]

nōdulus m (genitive nōdulī); second declension

Diminutive of nōdus (“knot”)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nōdulus	nōdulī
Genitive	nōdulī	nōdulōrum
Dative	nōdulō	nōdulīs
Accusative	nōdulum	nōdulōs
Ablative	nōdulō	nōdulīs
Vocative	nōdule	nōdulī

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

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