"geniculum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ɡeˈni.ku.lum/ [Classical-Latin], [ɡɛˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /d͡ʒeˈni.ku.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [d͡ʒeˈniːkulum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|la|genū|-culus|alt2=-culum|pos2=dimunitive nominal suffix|t1=knee}} genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|geniculum<2>}} geniculum n (genitive geniculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|geniculum<2>}} Forms: geniculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], geniculum [nominative, singular], genicula [nominative, plural], geniculī [genitive, singular], geniculōrum [genitive, plural], geniculō [dative, singular], geniculīs [dative, plural], geniculum [accusative, singular], genicula [accusative, plural], geniculō [ablative, singular], geniculīs [ablative, plural], geniculum [singular, vocative], genicula [plural, vocative]
  1. diminutive of genū:
    (literally) little knee, knee
    Tags: declension-2, literally, neuter
    Sense id: en-geniculum-la-noun-U4FlfpbC
  2. diminutive of genū:
    (transferred sense, botany) knot or joint on the stalk of a plant
    Tags: declension-2, neuter Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-geniculum-la-noun-5ZVMHdv- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -culus Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 44 56 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culus: 16 84 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: geniculus Derived forms: aggeniculor, geniculātim, geniculātus, geniculō, geniculōsus, ingeniculō

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "aggeniculor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "geniculātim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "geniculātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "geniculō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "geniculōsus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ingeniculō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "LL.",
            "2": "genuculum"
          },
          "expansion": "Late Latin: genuculum",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Late Latin: genuculum (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "genū",
        "3": "-culus",
        "alt2": "-culum",
        "pos2": "dimunitive nominal suffix",
        "t1": "knee"
      },
      "expansion": "genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "geniculī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genicula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genicula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genicula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "geniculum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "geniculum n (genitive geniculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "geniculum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "little knee, knee"
      ],
      "id": "en-geniculum-la-noun-U4FlfpbC",
      "links": [
        [
          "genū",
          "genu#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "(literally) little knee, knee"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "literally",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "la:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "knot or joint on the stalk of a plant"
      ],
      "id": "en-geniculum-la-noun-5ZVMHdv-",
      "links": [
        [
          "genū",
          "genu#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "stalk",
          "stalk"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "(transferred sense, botany) knot or joint on the stalk of a plant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeˈni.ku.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒeˈni.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒeˈniːkulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "geniculus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geniculum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 4-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aggeniculor"
    },
    {
      "word": "geniculātim"
    },
    {
      "word": "geniculātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "geniculō"
    },
    {
      "word": "geniculōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingeniculō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "LL.",
            "2": "genuculum"
          },
          "expansion": "Late Latin: genuculum",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Late Latin: genuculum (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "genū",
        "3": "-culus",
        "alt2": "-culum",
        "pos2": "dimunitive nominal suffix",
        "t1": "knee"
      },
      "expansion": "genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From genū (“knee”) + -culum (dimunitive nominal suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "geniculī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genicula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genicula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geniculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genicula",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "geniculum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "geniculum n (genitive geniculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "geniculum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "little knee, knee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genū",
          "genu#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "(literally) little knee, knee"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "literally",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin diminutive nouns",
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "knot or joint on the stalk of a plant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genū",
          "genu#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "joint",
          "joint"
        ],
        [
          "stalk",
          "stalk"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "diminutive of genū:",
        "(transferred sense, botany) knot or joint on the stalk of a plant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡeˈni.ku.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒeˈni.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʒeˈniːkulum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "geniculus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geniculum"
}

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