glandulae

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlan.du.lae̯/, [ˈɡɫ̪än̪d̪ʊɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlan.du.le/, [ˈɡlän̪d̪ule]

Etymology 1

Plural of glandula (“a little acorn”).

Noun

glandulae f pl (genitive glandulārum); first declension

1. (anatomy) glands of the throat; tonsils

   Synonym: tōnsillae

2. (medicine) swollen glands in the neck, enlarged tonsils

Inflection

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	glandulae
Genitive	glandulārum
Dative	glandulīs
Accusative	glandulās
Ablative	glandulīs
Vocative	glandulae

Derived terms

• glandulōsus (adjective)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glandulae f

1. inflection of glandula:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

References

• “glandulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glandulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.