clasp, buckle
→
fibula (anat.)
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | περόνη | |
Meaning 1 | pin or tongue of a buckle or brooch, buckle or brooch itself | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | small bone the leg, fibula | |
Reference | LSJ | |
Comment | Gal.UP3.9, al., v.l. in Hp.Art.62. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | New Latin | |
Lexeme | fibula | |
Meaning 1 | pin, buckle | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | calf bone (anat.) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Slovak | |
Lexeme | ihlica | |
Meaning 1 | hairpin | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | calf bone | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin.
The right tibia and fibula in their normal relations, front view in Gerrish's Text-book of Anatomy (1902).
Ancient fibula (2nd century BC / 1st century BC) in Musée Saint-Raymond de Toulouse