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語源

From Proto-Italic *tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, to extend”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tonˈsil.lae̯/, [t̪õːˈs̠ɪlːʲäe̯]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tonˈsil.le/, [t̪ɔnˈsilːɛ]

名詞

tōnsillae f pl (genitive tōnsillārum); first declension

1. inflection of tōnsilla:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural
2. (anatomy) the tonsils
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.175:

     Tonsillae in homine, in sue glandulae. quod inter eas uvae nomine ultimo dependet palato, homini tantum est.

     Man has tonsils, the pig glands. Man alone has what is called the uvula hanging from the back of the palate between the tonsils.