LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

acūpūnctūra

acūpūnctūra f (genitive acūpūnctūrae)
Classical[a.kuː.puːŋkˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[a.ku.puŋkˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. New Latinacupuncture
    Haec sunt quae de acupunctura, Europaeis incognita, ex Japonum monumentis & doctrina expiscari, et, non sine multis impensis, communicare, potui[…]These are what concern acupuncture, unknown to Europeans, that I have been able to fish from the records and teachings of the Japanese and, not without many expenses, share.1683, Willem ten Rhijne, “Epilogus”, in Dissertatio de Arthritide: Mantissa Schematica: De Acupunctura: Et Orationes Tres, London: R. Chiswell, page 188:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeacupūnctūraacupūnctūrae
genitiveacupūnctūraeacupūnctūrārum
dativeacupūnctūraeacupūnctūrīs
accusativeacupūnctūramacupūnctūrās
ablativeacupūnctūrāacupūnctūrīs
vocativeacupūnctūraacupūnctūrae

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. Proto-Italic *akus Latin acus Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pūnctūra Latin acupunctura Coined by 17th-century Dutch physician Willem ten Rhijne in 1683, from acus (“needle”) + pūnctūra (“puncture”).

Descendants
  • Englishacupuncture
  • Frenchacupuncture
  • Frenchacuponcture
  • Turkishakupunkturfrom French acupuncture

In English words that came into English from acūpūnctūra

  • acupunctureacūpūnctūra

Quick answers

What does acūpūnctūra mean in Latin?
acūpūnctūra, a noun, means “acupuncture”.
What is the genitive of acūpūnctūra?
The genitive singular is acūpūnctūrae. acūpūnctūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce acūpūnctūra?
In classical Latin, [a.kuː.puːŋkˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.ku.puŋkˈtuː.ra].