meatus

English

Etymology

From Latin meātus (“a course, passing”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /miˈeɪt.əs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Noun

meatus (plural meatus or meatuses)

  1. (anatomy) A tubular opening or passage in the body.
    The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females.

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of meō (“go, pass”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈaː.tus/, [mɛˈaː.tʊs]

Noun

meātus m (genitive meātūs); fourth declension

  1. (poetic) movement, course
  2. a path, passage

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative meātus meātūs
Genitive meātūs meātuum
Dative meātuī meātibus
Accusative meātum meātūs
Ablative meātū meātibus
Vocative meātus meātūs

Descendants

Participle

meātus m (feminine meāta, neuter meātum); first/second declension

  1. gone, passed, traversed, having been passed.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative meātus meāta meātum meātī meātae meāta
Genitive meātī meātae meātī meātōrum meātārum meātōrum
Dative meātō meātae meātō meātīs meātīs meātīs
Accusative meātum meātam meātum meātōs meātās meāta
Ablative meātō meātā meātō meātīs meātīs meātīs
Vocative meāte meāta meātum meātī meātae meāta

References
  • meatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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