"axilla" meaning in Latin

See axilla in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [aːkˈsɪl.la] [Classical-Latin], [akˈsil.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Diminutive form of āla (“wing”) (from its earlier form *axla). Compare with similarly formed māla - maxilla. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂eḱs-}} Head templates: {{la-noun|āxilla<1>}} āxilla f (genitive āxillae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|āxilla<1>}} Forms: āxilla [canonical, feminine], āxillae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], āxilla [nominative, singular], āxillae [nominative, plural], āxillae [genitive, singular], āxillārum [genitive, plural], āxillae [dative, singular], āxillīs [dative, plural], āxillam [accusative, singular], āxillās [accusative, plural], āxillā [ablative, singular], āxillīs [ablative, plural], āxilla [singular, vocative], āxillae [plural, vocative], ascella [alternative, Late, Latin, vulgar]
  1. little wing Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-axilla-la-noun-rZ5z2On4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50
  2. axilla, armpit Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-axilla-la-noun-k6K51sQT Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Anatomy Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 17 83
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        "Latin",
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        "little wing"
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          "little",
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        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
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          "axilla#English"
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          "armpit",
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      "ipa": "[akˈsil.la]",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.