vitellus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin vitellus (“the yolk of an egg”). Doublet of veal.
Noun
[edit]vitellus (countable and uncountable, plural vitelli or vitelluses)
- (biology) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk.
- 1861, F. Rymer Jones, The General Structure of the Animal Kingdom, page 48:
- In the sarcodo there takes place a process which may be in some measure compared with what occurs in the vitellus after the fecundation of an ovum. The granules becoming united together form groups, which soon divide and subdivide […]
- (botany) Perisperm in an early condition.
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[edit]Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vitellus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of vitulus (“a bull calf”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯iˈtel.lus/, [u̯ɪˈt̪ɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈtel.lus/, [viˈt̪ɛlːus]
Noun
[edit]vitellus m (genitive vitellī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vitellus | vitellī |
| genitive | vitellī | vitellōrum |
| dative | vitellō | vitellīs |
| accusative | vitellum | vitellōs |
| ablative | vitellō | vitellīs |
| vocative | vitelle | vitellī |
Synonyms
[edit]- (yolk of an egg): vitellum
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[edit]References
[edit]- “vitellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vitellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vitellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French vitellus or Latin vitellus.
Noun
[edit]vitellus n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | vitellus | vitellusul |
| genitive-dative | vitellus | vitellusului |
| vocative | vitellusule | |
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