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6-letter words (1 found)

FORNIX,

4-letter words (9 found)

FINO,FIRN,FOIN,INFO,INRO,IRON,NOIR,NORI,ROIN,

3-letter words (14 found)

FIN,FIR,FIX,FON,FOR,FOX,FRO,ION,NIX,NOR,NOX,ORF,RIF,RIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

IF,IN,IO,NO,OF,OI,ON,OR,OX,XI,

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Definitions and meaning of fornix

fornix

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪks/

Noun

fornix (plural fornices)

  1. (anatomy) An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
    1. The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
    2. (neuroanatomy) A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
    3. The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.

Derived terms

  • fornical
  • fornicate
  • forniceal
  • fornix vaginae

Translations

References

  • “fornix”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “fornix”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

Probably akin to Latin fornāx and furnus, fornus (“furnace”), and derived from the latter as *fornikos (“vaulted like a furnace”): typologically compare Ancient Greek κάμινος (káminos, “furnace”) beside καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”), both possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, to curve”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.niks/, [ˈfɔrnɪks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfor.niks/, [ˈfɔrniks]

Noun

fornix m (genitive fornicis); third declension

  1. (literal) an arch, vault
  2. (poetic) the arch of heaven
  3. a brothel, bagnio, stew (situated in a cellar)

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • cōnfornicō
  • fornicārius
  • fornicor
  • Fornix Fabius

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References

Further reading

  • “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fornix 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)
  • fornix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “fornix”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fornix in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “fornix”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Rich, Anthony (1849) “fornix”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon‎[4], London: Longmans, pages 297–298

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