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語源 1

Borrowed from Latin bulla (“bubble”). Doublet of bill and bull (“papal bull; bubble”).

名詞

bulla (plural bullae)

1. (biology, medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion, as:
   1. (biology, medicine) (usually and especially) Such a blister that is more than 5 mm in diameter.

      Coordinate terms: vesicle, vesicula

2. (archaeology) A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
3. (historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
4. (Catholicism, historical) A handwritten document from the papal chancellery.
5. (biology) Any of several hollow structures as features of bones.

   auditory bulla;   ethmoid bulla

   1. The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance).

派生語

参考

• bullous

語源 2

名詞

bulla (countable and uncountable, plural bullas)

1. A rich Jamaican cake made with molasses and spiced with ginger and nutmeg.

Further reading

• bulla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

発音

• bulla:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈbʊl.la]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈbul.la]
• bullā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈbʊl.laː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈbul.la]

名詞

bulla f (genitive bullae); first declension

1. a bubble
2. a swollen or bubble-shaped object, particularly:
   1. a knob, boss, or stud, as on doors, shields, etc.
   2. (historical) a bulla: a protective (usually golden) amulet worn by upper-class Roman children
   3. (Medieval Latin, historical) a round metallic seal certifying official medieval documents, particularly the golden imperial seal and the leaden papal one.
3. (Medieval Latin) a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla

語形変化

First-declension noun.

派生語

派生した語

参照

• “bulla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bulla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "bulla", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bulla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “bulla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bulla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin