glandulae

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Plural of glandula (“a little acorn”).

Noun

glandulae f pl (genitive glandulārum); first declension

  1. (anatomy) glands of the throat; tonsils
    Synonym: tōnsillae
  2. (medicine) swollen glands in the neck, enlarged tonsils
Inflection

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative glandulae
Genitive glandulārum
Dative glandulīs
Accusative glandulās
Ablative glandulīs
Vocative glandulae
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glandulae f

  1. inflection of glandula:
    1. genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

References
  • “glandulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • glandulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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