cilium

See also: Cilium

English

Etymology

From Latin cilium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪ.li.əm/
  • Hyphenation: cil‧i‧um

Noun

cilium (plural cilia)

  1. (botany) Hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of a plant organ.
  2. (cytology) A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.
  3. (entomology) One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.

Translations

See also

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈki.li.um/, [ˈkɪ.li.ũ]

Noun

cilium n (genitive ciliī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) eyelid
  2. (Medieval Latin) eyelash

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cilium cilia
Genitive ciliī ciliōrum
Dative ciliō ciliīs
Accusative cilium cilia
Ablative ciliō ciliīs
Vocative cilium cilia

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: ciglio
  • Occitan: cilha
  • Portuguese: celha, cílio
  • Romanian: ciliu
  • Sardinian: chíciu, chígiu
  • Spanish: ceja, cejo
  • Venetian: segia, zheja, çéi

References
  • cilium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • cilium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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