caruncula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/

Noun

caruncula (plural carunculae)

1. (anatomy, zootomy, botany) Synonym of caruncle.
   • 1982, Sherrell J. Aston, Albert Hornblass, Murray A. Meltzer, et al., editors, Third International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye and Adnexa, Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Co., →ISBN, page 116:

     Even without mobilization of the bone, the median eyelid angle can be deplaced in the nasal direction. For this purpose, we inserted a heart-shaped cartilage implant, curved toward the caruncula.

References

• “caruncula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From carō (“flesh”) +‎ -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈrʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈruŋkulä]

Noun

caruncula f (genitive carunculae); first declension

1. diminutive of carō: little piece of flesh.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	caruncula	carunculae
genitive	carunculae	carunculārum
dative	carunculae	carunculīs
accusative	carunculam	carunculās
ablative	carunculā	carunculīs
vocative	caruncula	carunculae

Descendants

• → Catalan: carúncula
• → English: caruncula
• → Old French: caruncule
  • → English: caruncle
• → Spanish: carúncula

References

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