repagulum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repagulum (“bolt, bar, restraint”).

Noun

repagulum (plural repagula)

1. (zoology) A modified abortive egg that may be used to protect the other eggs from predation.

References

• Mary Ann Maggenti, Armand Maggenti, Scott Gardner, Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (whence pangō). See also pessulus.

Noun

repāgulum n (genitive repāgulī); second declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) bolt or bar for a door; restraint, limit

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	repāgulum	repāgula
Genitive	repāgulī	repāgulōrum
Dative	repāgulō	repāgulīs
Accusative	repāgulum	repāgula
Ablative	repāgulō	repāgulīs
Vocative	repāgulum	repāgula

Descendants

• Spanish: repajo
• → English: repagulum

References

• repagulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• repagulum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016