habitaculum

Latin

Etymology

From habitō (“I reside, inhabit”) +‎ -culum.

Noun

habitāculum n (genitive habitāculī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) dwelling, habitation
2. (Late Latin) residence, home

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	habitāculum	habitācula
Genitive	habitāculī	habitāculōrum
Dative	habitāculō	habitāculīs
Accusative	habitāculum	habitācula
Ablative	habitāculō	habitāculīs
Vocative	habitāculum	habitācula

Descendants

• → Catalan: habitacle
• → French: habitacle
  • → English: habitacle
  • ⇒ French: bitacle
    • → Catalan: bitàcola, bitàcora
    • → Spanish: bitácula, bitácora
• → Italian: abitacolo
• Padanian:
  • Romagnol: abitàcol

References

• “habitaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• habitaculum 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)
• habitaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.