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ligula

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English

Etymology

From Latin ligula (strap, spoon), a variant of lingula (small tongue-shaped object), itself partly derived from lingō (lick) and partly a diminutive of lingua (tongue).

Pronunciation

Noun

ligula (plural ligulas or ligulae)

  1. A strap or strap-shaped object, especially such a development in plants or insects.
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      He unhasped the ligulae of his haversack, taking out a pair of blue jeans which he tossed to Bruno.

Derived terms

Translations

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Latin

Noun

ligula

  1. alternative form of lingula (tongue or tongue-shaped thing)
    • 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigraph 120:
      Quamvis me ligulam dicant equitesque patresque,
      dicor ab indoctis lingula grammaticis.
      Though knights (the equites, an equestrian aristocratic order) and senators call me ligula,
      I am called lingula by stolid and ignorant grammarians.

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Catalan: lígula
  • English: ligula, ligule
  • French: ligule
  • Spanish: legra

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