vinculum

English

Etymology

From Latin vinculum (“bond, link”), from vinciō (“bind, fetter, tie”) -ulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪŋ.kjə.ləm/

Noun

vinculum (plural vincula or vinculums)

1. A bond or link signifying union.
2. (arithmetic, obsolete) Any symbol used to group some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation should be done before other parts, or that the Roman numeral underneath should be multiplied by 1,000.
3. (arithmetic) A horizontal line over the top of some of the terms in an expression, indicating that that part of the calculation is to be done before other parts.
   1. (arithmetic) Specifically, the horizontal line between the numerator and denominator in a fraction.
4. (anatomy) A ligament that limits the movement of an organ or part.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vinculum.

Synonyms

• (ligament): mesotendon

Derived terms

• vinculin

See also

• macron
• solidus
• virgule

Further reading

• vinculum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Alternative forms

• vinclum

Etymology

From vinciō (“bind, fetter, tie”) ‎ -ulum (instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯in.ku.lum/, [ˈu̯ɪŋkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvin.ku.lum/, [ˈviŋkulum]

Noun

vinculum n (genitive vinculī); second declension

1. Any instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up; bond, band, fetter, chain, cord, tie, link

   Synonyms: restis, fūniculus, līnum, laqueus, nervus

2. (figuratively) a bond, obligation, binding force, tie, especially of marriage
   • See alternative form vinclum, with quote from Aeneid, 4.59.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vinculum	vincula
genitive	vinculī	vinculōrum
dative	vinculō	vinculīs
accusative	vinculum	vincula
ablative	vinculō	vinculīs
vocative	vinculum	vincula

Related terms

• dēvinciō
• ēvinciō
• pervinca
• praevinciō
• prōvincia
• prōvinciālis
• vinciō
• vinctiō
• vinctor
• vinctūra
• vinctus
• vinculō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: vincle
• English: vinculum
• Galician: brinco, vinco, vínculo
• Italian: vincolo, vinco
• Piedmontese: vìncol
• Portuguese: vínculo, brinco
• Spanish: vínculo, brinco

References

• “vinculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vinculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vinculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to burst one's chains: vincula rumpere
    
  • (ambiguous) to put some one in irons, chains: in vincula (custodiam) dare aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to put some one in irons, chains: in vincula, in catenas conicere aliquem
    
• “vinculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers