"cochlea" meaning in Latin

See cochlea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkɔ.kʰɫe.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɔː.kle.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās, “snail with a spiral shell”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|grc|κοχλῐ́ᾱς||snail with a spiral shell}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās, “snail with a spiral shell”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cochlea<1>}} cochlea f (genitive cochleae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cochlea<1>}} Forms: cochleae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cochlea [nominative, singular], cochleae [nominative, plural], cochleae [genitive, singular], cochleārum [genitive, plural], cochleae [dative, singular], cochleīs [dative, plural], cochleam [accusative, singular], cochleās [accusative, plural], cochleā [ablative, singular], cochleīs [ablative, plural], cochlea [singular, vocative], cochleae [plural, vocative], coclea [alternative], coclia [alternative], cochlia [alternative]
  1. snail Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cochlea-la-noun-YhVqe0lK
  2. snail
    snailshell
    Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-cochlea-la-noun-lwQby~A4 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 3 1 19 10 1 33 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 1 1 21 9 1 35 2
  3. (metonymic)
    spiral (form of a snailshell)
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, metonymically
    Sense id: en-cochlea-la-noun-g2OJWvi8 Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 8 9 27 8 22 26
  4. (metonymic)
    screw of a press
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, metonymically
    Sense id: en-cochlea-la-noun-R6kQlcGx Categories (other): Latin metonyms
  5. (metonymic)
    Archimedes' screw, water screw, screw pump (machine for drawing water by raising it)
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, metonymically
    Sense id: en-cochlea-la-noun-Xkiv5spm Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Gastropods, Tools Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 3 1 19 10 1 33 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 1 1 21 9 1 35 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 27 13 1 54 4 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 16 16 17 12 22 17 Disambiguation of Gastropods: 2 35 10 2 46 4 Disambiguation of Tools: 8 9 27 8 22 26
  6. (metonymic)
    A kind of revolving door.
    Tags: declension-1, feminine, metonymically
    Sense id: en-cochlea-la-noun-xjyi3SXN Categories (other): Latin metonyms, Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 8 9 27 8 22 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coc(h)lear, coc(h)leārium, coc(h)leātim, coc(h)leātus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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