Latin search results for: cochlea

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. (form) snail shell
  2. screw (press/water/wood)
  3. snail
  4. spiral
  5. winding entrance
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. (originally for extracting snails)
  2. spoon
  3. spoonful
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. (originally for extracting snails)
  2. spoon
  3. spoonful
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. spiral/screw formed
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#5

adjective

Definitions:

  1. cochlear, pertaining to the (snail-like) inner ear
  2. of/like snail
  • Age: Latin post 15th - Scholarly/Scientific (16th-18th centuries)
  • Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: William Whitaker’s personal guess
#6

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. (originally for extracting snails)
  2. pertaining to snails
  3. spoon
  4. spoonful
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#7

adverb

Definitions:

  1. like a snail shell
  2. spirally
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#8

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: neuter

Definitions:

  1. snailery, snail pen, enclosure for edible snails
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)