lagena

See also: lägena

English

Etymology

From Latin lagēna (“flagon; large flask”), from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos, “flask, pitcher”). Alternative form of λᾰ́γῡνος (lágūnos).

Noun

lagena (plural lagenas or lagenae or lagenæ)

1. (anatomy) The upper part of the cochlear duct.
2. (anatomy) A similar structure, shaped like a flask, that is a hearing organ in some vertebrates.
3. (historical) A wine-vase; an amphora.

Derived terms

• lagenar

Anagrams

• Angela, Galena, alnage, anlage, galena

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈɡeː.na/, [ɫ̪äˈɡeːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈd͡ʒe.na/, [läˈd͡ʒɛːnä]

Noun

lagēna f (genitive lagēnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of lagoena

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lagēna	lagēnae
Genitive	lagēnae	lagēnārum
Dative	lagēnae	lagēnīs
Accusative	lagēnam	lagēnās
Ablative	lagēnā	lagēnīs
Vocative	lagēna	lagēnae

Descendants

• Portuguese: laje, lájea, lajem, laja
• → Arabic: لَجَانَة (lajāna) (super-rare)
• → English: lagena
• → Swedish: lägel

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “lagena”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 518
• “lagena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lagena 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)
• lagena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• galena