bacillum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editDiminutive of baculum (“staff, walking stick”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /baˈkil.lum/, [bäˈkɪlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈt͡ʃil.lum/, [bäˈt͡ʃilːum]
Noun
editbacillum n (genitive bacillī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bacillum | bacilla |
Genitive | bacillī | bacillōrum |
Dative | bacillō | bacillīs |
Accusative | bacillum | bacilla |
Ablative | bacillō | bacillīs |
Vocative | bacillum | bacilla |
Descendants
edit- → Serbo-Croatian: bàcīl/ба̀цӣл
- See also: imbecillus
References
edit- “bacillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bacillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bacillum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bacillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.