siphunculus

English

Etymology

From Latin siphunculus, q.v.

Noun

siphunculus (plural siphunculi)

1. Alternative form of siphuncule.

Latin

Alternative forms

• sīpunculus

Etymology

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

Noun

sīphunculus m (genitive sīphunculī); second declension

1. a little tube or pipe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sīphunculus	sīphunculī
genitive	sīphunculī	sīphunculōrum
dative	sīphunculō	sīphunculīs
accusative	sīphunculum	sīphunculōs
ablative	sīphunculō	sīphunculīs
vocative	sīphuncule	sīphunculī

Descendants

• Translingual: Sipunculus, Sipuncula
• English: siphunculus, siphuncule