Noun: femur
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | femur |
| Plural | femina; femora |
Genitive
| Singular | feminis; femoris |
| Plural | feminum; femorum |
Dative
| Singular | feminī; femorī |
| Plural | feminibus; femoribus |
Accusative
| Singular | femur |
| Plural | femina; femora |
Ablative
| Singular | femine; femore |
| Plural | feminibus; femoribus |
Vocative
| Singular | femur |
| Plural | femina; femora |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like femur
femur,
Etymology
Uncertain. The heteroclitic (r/n) inflection is rather archaic (as also seen in iecur and iter), descending from Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ ~ *-n-, but no secure Proto-Indo-European origin for femur can be found. De Vaan and Lubotsky tentatively support Steinbauer's derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“arc, bow”); this is semantically attractive, but the hypothetical change from *-nw- to *-(n)m- from Proto-Indo-European to Latin is strange.
Verbs referencing "femur"
English Nouns
tan, English Nouns
femur, German Nouns
Tanne, Italian Nouns
femore, French Nouns
fémur, German Nouns
Femur, Catalan Nouns
fèmur.
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