English

Noun

clavicula ‎(plural claviculae)

1. Clavicle.

Latin

Etymology

From clāvis ‎(“key”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /klaːˈwiː.ku.la/

Noun

clāvīcula f ‎(genitive clāvīculae); first declension

1. little key
2. tendril of a vine
3. pivot
4. (anatomy) clavicle, collar bone

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• clāvīculārius

Related terms

• clāvis

Descendants

References

• clavicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clavicula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “clavicula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.