fibula

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“clasp, buckle”).

Location of the fibula in the skeletal structure of the leg.

Jewelled Germanic fibulae from the 5th century.

fibula (plural fibulas or fibulae or fibulæ)

1. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone.
2. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

• calf bone

• fibular

• peroneal

Borrowed from Latin fībula. Doublet of the inherited fibbia.

fibula f (plural fibule)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone

• perone

• bufali

From fī(gō) +‎ -bula.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.bu.la/, [ˈfiː.bʊ.ɫa]

fībula f (genitive fībulae); first declension

1. clasp, buckle, brooch

First declension.

• fibula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fibula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fibula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fibula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fibula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fibula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from Latin fibula.

• IPA^(key): /fîbula/
• Hyphenation: fi‧bu‧la

fȉbula f (Cyrillic spelling фи̏була)

1. (anatomy) fibula, calf bone