vibrissae
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪˈbɹɪsaɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Latin
Etymology
From vibrō (“I tremble, vibrate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iˈbris.sae̯/, [u̯ɪˈbrɪs̠ːäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈbris.se/, [viˈbrisːe]
Noun
vibrissae f pl (genitive vibrissārum); first declension (plural only)
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | vibrissae |
| Genitive | vibrissārum |
| Dative | vibrissīs |
| Accusative | vibrissās |
| Ablative | vibrissīs |
| Vocative | vibrissae |
Descendants
- Italian: vibrissa
References
- vibrissae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “vibrissae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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