patagium

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English

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Labelled sections of the patagium of a Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin patagīum (gilded edging of a woman's tunic), from an unattested Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon), perhaps from πάταγος (pátagos, clatter).

Pronunciation

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  • Commonly irregular IPA(key): /pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/,[1] also IPA(key): /pætəˈd͡ʒaɪəm/[2] following the Latin

Noun

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patagium (plural patagia)

  1. The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals.
  2. A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird.
  3. One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.
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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Random House, Merriam Webster, American Heritage
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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patagīum n (genitive patagīī); second declension

  1. A gold edging on a Roman tunic

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

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  • patagium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • patagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.