pelvis

See also: pélvis

English

Etymology

From Latin pelvis (“basin”), from Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛlvɪs/

Noun

pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)

  1. (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
  2. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pelvis.

Pronunciation

Noun

pelvis f (plural pelvis)

  1. pelvis

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit पलव (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek πήληξ (pḗlēx, “helmet”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpel.wis/, [ˈpɛɫ.wɪs]

Noun

pelvis f (genitive pelvis); third declension

  1. shallow bowl or basin

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pelvis pelvēs
Genitive pelvis pelvium
Dative pelvī pelvibus
Accusative pelvem
pelvim		 pelvēs
pelvīs
Ablative pelve
pelvī		 pelvibus
Vocative pelvis pelvēs

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pelvis.

Noun

pelvis f (plural pelvis)

  1. pelvis
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