vertebra
From LSJ
τοὐλεύθερον γὰρ ὄνομα παντὸς ἄξιον → the title ‘free' is worth everything
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. σφόνδυλος, ὁ; see spine.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vertē̆bra: ae, f. verto,
I a joint.
I In gen., Cels. 8, 1, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255; Sen. Ep. 78, 8.—Of insects, Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1.—
II In partic., a joint, vertebra of the spine, Cels. 8, 1.—
III In late Lat. collat. form vertē̆brum, i, n., = ἰσχίον, the hip-bone, Cael. Aur Acut. 1, 10, 71 al.
