ulna
Meaning
- femininepoeticelbow-bone, ulna
- femininemetonymicallypoeticarm
maternis in ulnis
in mother's arms - femininepoeticcubit; ell (a linear measure)
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Ulna · Lacertus · Brachium · Cubitus
Ulna (ὠλένη) is the whole arm, from the shoulder to the hand, which serves as a measure, an ell; lacertus (ἀλκή) the upper arm; brachium (βράγχιον, βραχίων), the under-arm; cubitus, the bending between the two, the elbow. (vi. 383.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ulna | ulnae |
| genitive | ulnae | ulnārum |
| dative | ulnae | ulnīs |
| accusative | ulnam | ulnās |
| ablative | ulnā | ulnīs |
| vocative | ulna | ulnae |
tremula patris dormientis in ulnā, Cat. 17, 13; Prop. 2, 18 (3, 10), 9; Ov. M. 7, 847; 9, 652; 11, 63; Luc. 3, 664; Sil. 3, 457; 10, 499; Stat. S. 5, 3, 266 al.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *olenā, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root *Heh₃l- (“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain. Related to Old Armenian ուլն (uln, “neck”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”), Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita, “cheek”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”), Albanian llërë (“upper arm”), Welsh elin (“forearm; elbow”).
- Catalanulna
- Englishulna
- Frenchulna
- Italianulna
- Portugueseulna
- Spanishulna
- Galicianulna
- Proto-Albanian*ulnā
In English words that came into English from ulna
- ulnaulna