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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice and kelch.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]calyx (plural calyces or calyxes)
- (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.
- Meronym: sepal
- (zoology, anatomy) Any of various cup-like structures.
- A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
- The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
- A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
- A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the sepals of a flower
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anatomy: structure in kidney
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zoology: crown of crinoid
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Further reading
[edit]calyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
calyx (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
calyx (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “calyx”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.lyks/, [ˈkälʲʏks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.liks/, [ˈkäːliks]
Noun
[edit]calyx m (genitive calycis); third declension
- The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.
- A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.
- (by extension) The shell of fruits, pericarp.
- (by extension) An eggshell.
- A fitting on a Roman pipe
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | calyx | calycēs |
Genitive | calycis | calycum |
Dative | calycī | calycibus |
Accusative | calycem | calycēs |
Ablative | calyce | calycibus |
Vocative | calyx | calycēs |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20160925020435/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/calyx
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/calyx
- “calyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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