deverticulum

Latin

Alternative forms

• dēvorticulum
• dīverticulum

Etymology

From dēvertō (“I turn away, turn aside”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deː.u̯erˈti.ku.lum/, [d̪eːu̯ɛrˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.verˈti.ku.lum/, [d̪everˈt̪iːkulum]

Noun

dēverticulum n (genitive dēverticulī); second declension

1. A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.
2. (figuratively) A deviation, digression.

   Synonyms: dēviātiō, dīgressiō, ēgressiō, ēgressus, excessus

3. A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.
4. (figuratively) A refuge, retreat, lurking-place.

   Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, asȳlum, tēctum, receptāculum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēverticulum	dēverticula
Genitive	dēverticulī	dēverticulōrum
Dative	dēverticulō	dēverticulīs
Accusative	dēverticulum	dēverticula
Ablative	dēverticulō	dēverticulīs
Vocative	dēverticulum	dēverticula

Synonyms

• (inn): hospitāculum, hospitium

Related terms

• dēvertō
• dēversus

References

• “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deverticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.