calyxとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• calix

語源

From Latin calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). Doublet of chalice.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.lɪks/, /ˈkeɪ.lɪks/

名詞

calyx (複数形 calyces または calyxes)

1. (botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

   Meronym: sepal

2. (zoology, anatomy) Any of various cup-like structures.
   1. A chamber in the mammalian kidney through which urine passes.
   2. The crown containing the viscera of crinoids and similar echinoderms, entoprocts, and the polyps of some cnidarians.
   3. A funnel-shaped expansion of the vas deferens or oviduct of insects.
   4. A flattened cap of neuropil in the brain of insects.

関連する語

Further reading

• calyx on Wikipedia.
• calyx (botany) on Wikipedia.
• calyx (anatomy) on Wikipedia.
• “calyx” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2020.

Latin

語源

From Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lyks/, [ˈka.lʲʏks]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.liks/, [ˈkaː.liks]

名詞

calyx m (genitive calycis); third declension

1. The bud, cup, or calyx of a flower or nut.
2. A plant of two kinds, resembling the arum, perhaps the monk's hood.
3. (by extension) The shell of fruits, pericarp.
4. (by extension) An eggshell.
5. A fitting on a Roman pipe

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生語

• calyculus

派生した語

• English: calyx
• French: calice

参考

• calix

参照

• https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/calyx
• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/calyx
• calyx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette