lingula

From Latin lingula (“tonguelet, small unit of volume”), from lingua (“tongue”) + -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”).

• IPA^(key): /lɪŋɡjələ/

lingula (plural lingulas or lingulae)

1. (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
2. (anatomy) Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
3. (anatomy) Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

• (unit of measure): cyathus (4 lingulas), acetabulum (6 lingulas), quartarius (12 lingulas), hemina (24 lingulas), sextarius (48 lingulas), congius (144 lingulas) urna (1152 lingulas), amphora (2304 lingulas), culeus (46080 lingulas)

• lingular
• linguliform

• Luliang, Lüliang, lingual

Borrowed from Latin lingula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/
• Rhymes: -inɡula
• Hyphenation: lìn‧gu‧la

lingula f (plural lingule)

1. (anatomy) lingula
2. ancient roman leaf-shaped sword

• ligula

From lingua (“tongue”) +‎ -ula (“-ule: forming diminutives”), possibly influenced by lingō (“I lick”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/, [ˈlʲɪŋɡʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.ɡu.la/, [ˈliŋɡulä]

lingula f (genitive lingulae); first declension

1. Diminutive of lingua, tongue, tonguelet, used particularly for
   1. tongue, a narrow strip of land
   2. tongue, a flap, strap, or latchet of a shoe
   3. (historical) lingula, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 11 mL
   4. skimmer, ladle, spoon, utensils for serving small amounts of wine, food, &c.
   5. shortsword
   6. tongue, the reed of a flute
   7. lower arm, the shorter end of a lever, opposite the fulcrum from the user
   8. lower beam, the shorter side of the beam on some designs of scalebeam
   9. cuttlefish, particularly some species considered to be particularly similar to the shape of the tongue
   10. point, the pointed end of a post or stake, inserted into the ground
   11. tongue, a tongue-shaped extremity of a Roman water-pipe

First-declension noun.

• (unit of measure): cyathus (4 lingulae), acetabulum (6 lingulae), quartarius (12 lingulae), hemina (24 lingulae), sextarius (48 lingulae), congius (144 lingulae) urna (1152 lingulae), amphora (2304 lingulae), culeus (46080 lingulae)

• lingulātus

• Aromanian: lingurã
• Romanian: lingură
• → English: lingula
• → Italian: lingula

• “lingula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lingula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lingula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lingula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lingula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

lingula

1. inflection of lingul:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural