joint Copy link Outline 1. commissūra (gen. term)2. artĭcŭlus (of animated bodies, including the parts of the bones at the joint, or the bone itself where small3. nōdus (like preced.)4. internōdium (in plants5. gĕnĭcŭlum (in plants = nodus)6. vertĭcŭla, vertĭcŭlus (a joint on which part of an organism turns; usu. pl.)7. vertĕbra (specially, of the spine = spond[)y]lus; but also any joint)8. junctūra (= commissura)9. coagmentum (in carpentry, etc.) • joint: 1. commissūra (gen. term): flexible j.s (of the fingers), molles c., Cic. N. D. 2, 60, init.: also of inanimate things, as the seams of ships, Plin. 16, 36, 64. 2. artĭcŭlus (of animated bodies, including the parts of the bones at the joint, or the bone itself where small: whereas commissura is the seam only): the j. by which the neck is connected with the head, a. quo jungitur capiti cervix, Liv. 27, 49, init.: the fingers have three j.s, digiti a. habent ternos, Plin. 11, 43, 99: also of plants, Cic. Sen. 15, 53. 3. nōdus (like preced.): cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 27 crura sine nodis articulisque habent (alces): v. knot. 4. internōdium (in plants: the part between two knots, nodi): the j.s of a reed, arundinis internodia, Plin. 7, 2, 2 § 21. 5. gĕnĭcŭlum (in plants = nodus): Plin. 26, 11, 71. 6. vertĭcŭla, vertĭcŭlus (a joint on which part of an organism turns; usu. pl.): of the spine, Solin. (verticuli); of machinery, Vitr. 10, 8 (13), 1 (verticulae). 7. vertĕbra (specially, of the spine = spond[)y]lus; but also any joint): cf. Sen. Ep. 78, 8, podagra et chiragra et omnis vertebrarum dolor: Plin.: v. vertebra. 8. junctūra (= commissura): Ov. 9. coagmentum (in carpentry, etc.): Pl.: Caes. Full of j.s, articulosus, Plin.: joint by joint, articulatim, Pl.