calcaneum

English

Etymology

From Latin calx, calcis (heel).

Noun

calcaneum (plural calcaneums or calcanea)

  1. (anatomy) The calcaneus.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for calcaneum in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From calx (heel).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈkaː.ne.um/, [kaɫˈkaː.ne.ũ]

Noun

calcāneum n (genitive calcāneī); second declension

  1. heel

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calcāneum calcānea
Genitive calcāneī calcāneōrum
Dative calcāneō calcāneīs
Accusative calcāneum calcānea
Ablative calcāneō calcāneīs
Vocative calcāneum calcānea

Descendants

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