fimbriae

fimbriae

1. plural of fimbria

Unclear. Maybe from a Proto-Indo-European root common to fīlum (“thread, yarn”) and fibra (“fibre”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfim.bri.ae̯/, [ˈfɪm.bri.ae̯]

fimbriae f pl (genitive fimbriārum); first declension (plural only)

1. fibres, threads, shreds, fringe

First declension.

fimbriae

1. nominative plural of fimbria
2. genitive singular of fimbria
3. dative singular of fimbria
4. vocative plural of fimbria

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