malleolus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

malleolus (plural malleoli)

  1. The bony prominence on each side of the ankle joint.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From malleus (“hammer”) +‎ -olus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /malˈle.o.lus/, [malˈle.ɔ.ɫʊs]
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Noun

malleolus m (genitive malleolī); second declension (Diminutive of: malleus)

  1. small hammer
  2. (military) fire-dart

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative malleolus malleolī
Genitive malleolī malleolōrum
Dative malleolō malleolīs
Accusative malleolum malleolōs
Ablative malleolō malleolīs
Vocative malleole malleolī

Descendants

References
  • malleolus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • malleolus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • malleolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • malleolus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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