calyxとは

別の表記

• calix

語源

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

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.
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.

Latin

語源

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

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lyks/, [ˈka.lʏks]

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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