calcaneum

English

Etymology

From Latin calx, calcis (“heel”).

Noun

calcaneum (plural calcaneums or calcanea)

1. (anatomy) The calcaneus.

Derived terms

• astragalocalcaneum

References

• “calcaneum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Alternative forms

• calcāneus

Etymology

From calx (“heel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaɫˈkaː.ne.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kalˈkaː.ne.um]

Noun

calcāneum n (genitive calcāneī); second declension

1. heel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	calcāneum	calcānea
genitive	calcāneī	calcāneōrum
dative	calcāneō	calcāneīs
accusative	calcāneum	calcānea
ablative	calcāneō	calcāneīs
vocative	calcāneum	calcānea

Related terms

• calcō
• calx

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: calcanzu, carcàngiu, carcanzu
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: cãlcãnju, cãlcãnjiu
  • Megleno-Romanian: călcǫn'
  • Romanian: călcâi
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: calcagno
  • Sicilian: carcagnu
  • Venetan: calcagno
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: calcagn
  • Romansch: chaltgogn, calcogn, chalchagn
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: calcany (archaic)
  • Gascon: caucàgn
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: calcañu
  • Galician: calcaño, calcañar, calcañeira (dialectal), calcañeiro (argot), calcáneo, cancañeira (dialectal)
  • Portuguese: calcanho (slang/argot), calcanhar
  • Spanish: calcaño, calcañar, carcañal (archaic or dialectal)

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: calcani
• → English: calcaneum
• → Portuguese: calcâneo
• → Spanish: calcáneo

References

• “calcaneum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "calcaneum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “calcaneum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.