canaliculus

From Latin canāliculus (“small channel, pipe or gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

canaliculus (plural canaliculi)

1. (anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants

• lacrimal canaliculus

Diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.naːˈli.ku.lus/, [ka.naːˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

canāliculus m (genitive canāliculī); second declension

1. A small channel, pipe or gutter.
2. A splint for broken bones, gutter-splint.

Second declension.

• (small channel, pipe or gutter): canālicula
• (gutter-splint): canālicula

• canāliculātus

• English: canaliculus
• Portuguese: canalículo

• canaliculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canaliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• canaliculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canaliculus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• canaliculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin