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fistula.

shepherd's pipe; tube; waterpipe;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfɪs.tʊ.ɫa]Classical-Latin[ˈfis.tu.la]
  1. pipe, tube, especially a water pipe

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. hollow reed or cane

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pan

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. fistula, ulcer

    declension-1 · feminine
  5. catheter

    declension-1 · feminine
  6. shoemaker's punch

    declension-1 · feminine
  7. a kind of hand mill for grinding grain

    declension-1 · feminine
  8. golden shower (Cassia fistula)

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. De Vaan thinks the most promising connection is with festūca (“stalk, straw”) and fistūca (“pile driver, ram”), built on a stem *festo- which may be connected to ferula (“fennel; staff”) by a root *fes- (“hollow stalk”). This makes any relationship to findō (“cleave, divide, split”) unlikely.

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