acinus

English

Etymology

From Latin acinus (“grape, grape-stone”).

Noun

acinus (plural acini)

  1. (botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
  2. (botany) A grape-stone.
  3. (anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
    • Richard Quain, Quain's elements of anatomy
      Their smallest lobules were called acini, a term which has also been used to denote the saccular recesses in the lobules […]

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Translations

Latin

Etymology

From aciēs (“sharp point”), due to the presence of a sharp seed inside the grape.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ki.nus/, [ˈa.kɪ.nʊs]

Noun

acinus m (genitive acinī); second declension

  1. a berry, especially the grape.
  2. the seed of a berry.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acinus acinī
Genitive acinī acinōrum
Dative acinō acinīs
Accusative acinum acinōs
Ablative acinō acinīs
Vocative acine acinī

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