ACETABULUM

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ACETABULUM , the Latin word for a vinegar cup, an

ancient

Roman

ROMAN

vessel

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas,
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl.
  vasa
  - VASA, or NIKOLAISTAD
  , of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate
  root
  - ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
  - ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
  is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
, urn)

, used as a liquid measure (equal to about

half

HALF

a gill); it is also a word used technically in

zoology

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

, by

analogy

ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

for certain cup-shaped parts, e.g. the suckers of a mollusc, the socket of the thigh-bone, &c.; and in

botany

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

for the receptacle of Fungi.

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