angulus

See also: Angulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angulus (“an angle”). Doublet of angle.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡjəl.əs/

Noun

angulus (plural anguli)

1. (anatomy) An angle or corner, such as the angular portion of the stomach between the lesser curvature and the pylorus.

   Synonym: gastric angle

Translations

Translations

• Japanese: 胃角部 (ikakubu)

References

• “angulus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “angulus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “angulus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• unguals

Latin

Alternative forms

• anglus (late, proscribed)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *angulos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”), from *h₂eng- (“bend, curve”).

Cognates include Sanskrit अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri, “finger, toe”), Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked, curved”), Old High German enchil (“ankle, joint”), Icelandic ekkja and Old Church Slavonic ѫгълъ (ǫgŭlŭ, “angle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ɡu.lus/, [ˈäŋɡʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ɡu.lus/, [ˈäŋɡulus]

Noun

angulus m (genitive angulī); second declension

1. (mathematics) An angle.
2. A corner.
3. A retired, unfrequented place, a nook, corner, lurking place.
4. A projection of the sea into the land, a bay, gulf.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	angulus	angulī
Genitive	angulī	angulōrum
Dative	angulō	angulīs
Accusative	angulum	angulōs
Ablative	angulō	angulīs
Vocative	angule	angulī

Derived terms

• angulāris
• angulātus
• angulōsus
• multangulus
• quadrangulus, quadriangulus
• quinquangulus
• septangulus
• sexangulus
• triangulis
• triangulus

 

Descendants

Descendants of angulus

• Catalan: angle
• Occitan: angle
• Old French: angle
  • Middle French: angle
    • → English: angle
    • French: angle
• Romanian: unghi
• ⇒? Sardinian: angrone, ungrone
• ⇒? Sicilian: agnuni

Borrowings:

• → Asturian: ángulu
• → Friulian: angul
• → Galician: ángulo
• → Esperanto: angulo
• → Italian: angolo
• → Portuguese: ângulo
• → Romansch: angul, anghel, ànghel
• → Sardinian: àngulu
• → Sicilian: àngulu
• → Spanish: ángulo
• → Welsh: ongl

References

• “angulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “angulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• angulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “angulus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly