ambulacrum

English

Etymology

From Latin ambulacrum, from ambulō (“walk; travel”).

Noun

ambulacrum (plural ambulacrums or ambulacra)

  1. (of an echinoderm) A row of pores for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From ambulō (“walk; travel”) +‎ -crum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /am.buˈlaː.krum/, [ämbʊˈɫ̪äːkrʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /am.buˈla.krum/, [ämbuˈläːkrum]

Noun

ambulācrum n (genitive ambulācrī); second declension

  1. A place for walking, a walk or promenade planted with trees (often near a house).

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ambulācrum ambulācra
Genitive ambulācrī ambulācrōrum
Dative ambulācrō ambulācrīs
Accusative ambulācrum ambulācra
Ablative ambulācrō ambulācrīs
Vocative ambulācrum ambulācra

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: ambulacrum

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