clasp, buckle
→
fibula (anat.)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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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