cuticula

See also: cutícula

English

Etymology

From Latin cutīcula (“skin, cuticle”). Doublet of cuticle.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə

Noun

cuticula (plural cuticulae)

  1. (zoology, botany) A tough protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants; cuticle.

Synonyms

Translations
covering outside epidermis — see cuticle

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of cutis (“covering”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cutīcula f (genitive cutīculae); first declension

  1. skin
  2. cuticle

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cutīcula cutīculae
Genitive cutīculae cutīculārum
Dative cutīculae cutīculīs
Accusative cutīculam cutīculās
Ablative cutīculā cutīculīs
Vocative cutīcula cutīculae

Descendants

References
  • “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cuticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cuticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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