Noun: cilium
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | cilium |
| Plural | cilia |
Genitive
| Singular | ciliī; cilī |
| Plural | ciliōrum |
Dative
| Singular | ciliō |
| Plural | ciliīs |
Accusative
| Singular | cilium |
| Plural | cilia |
Ablative
| Singular | ciliō |
| Plural | ciliīs |
Vocative
| Singular | cilium |
| Plural | cilia |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like cilium
ēmūnctōrium,
antistitium,
senium,
plantārium,
rīsiloquium,
solium,
palmārium,
tīrōcinium,
occipitium,
tettīgonium,
larārium,
pāpārium,
evangelium,
glōssārium,
aerārium,
tripudium,
vāsārium,
comitium,
dictābolārium,
xenium, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *keljom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Alternatively, compare Ancient Greek κῠ́λᾱ (kŭ́lā, “the parts under the eyes”) (though Beekes doubts this connection and derives the latter from Pre-Greek).
Verbs referencing "cilium"
French Nouns
cil, Catalan Nouns
cella, Italian Nouns
ciglio, English Nouns
kinocilium.
Translations