segutilum

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

segullum

Etymology edit

Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈɡu.ti.lum/, [s̠ɛˈɡʊt̪ɪɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈɡu.ti.lum/, [seˈɡuːt̪ilum]

Noun edit

segutilum n (genitive segutilī); second declension

(geology) A kind of earth, which was supposed to indicate the presence of native gold

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	segutilum	segutila
Genitive	segutilī	segutilōrum
Dative	segutilō	segutilīs
Accusative	segutilum	segutila
Ablative	segutilō	segutilīs
Vocative	segutilum	segutila

References edit

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “segutilum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 510

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

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