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ovum definition
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This page has 6 definitions of ovum with English translations in 5 languages. Ovum is a noun and romanization. Also define the related term //archive.org/stream/MichielVaanEtymologicalDictionaryOfLatin/Michiel Vaan, Etymological dictionary of Latin..
English ovum definition
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg and ey.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovum (plural ova)
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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Indonesian ovum definition
Etymology
From Malay ovum, from Latin ōvum.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovum (plural ovum-ovum, first-person possessive ovumku, second-person possessive ovummu, third-person possessive ovumnya)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ovum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese ovum definition
Romanization
ovum
Latin ovum definition
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).[1][2] Cognate with Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoː.u̯um/, [ˈoːu̯ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.vum/, [ˈɔːvum]
Noun
ōvum n (genitive ōvī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ōvum | ōva |
| Genitive | ōvī | ōvōrum |
| Dative | ōvō | ōvīs |
| Accusative | ōvum | ōva |
| Ablative | ōvō | ōvīs |
| Vocative | ōvum | ōva |
Derived terms
Related terms
- avis (“bird”)
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: *ŏvum (see there for further descendants)
- → English: ovum
- → Esperanto: ovo
- → Ido: ovo
- → Interlingua: ovo
- → Norwegian Bokmål: ovo
- → Spanish: ovo
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ō(u̯)i̯-om”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 783
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ōvum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
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Further reading
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ovum 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)
- ovum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- “ovum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Malay ovum definition
Etymology
Borrowed from English ovum, from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm, likely a derivative of *h₂éwis.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovum (Jawi spelling اوۏوم, plural ovum-ovum, informal 1st possessive ovumku, 2nd possessive ovummu, 3rd possessive ovumnya)