-crum

See also: crum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-klom by long distance dissimilation of /l..l/ > /l...r/. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom. Although the Proto-Indo-European suffix had a variant with *r (*-trom, the ancestor of Latin -trum), the /k/ in -crum indicates that it comes from *tlom, since Proto-Indo-European *t was regularly changed to *k in Italic before *l, but not before *r. Based on the form of Umbrian ehvelklu 'decretum', the dissimilation to /r/ that created the form -crum postdates Proto-Italic. Compare -āris, a dissimilated allomorph of -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /krum/, [krʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /krum/, [krum]

Suffix

-crum n (genitive -crī); second declension

1. Alternative form of -culum (used only when /l/ occurs earlier in the word)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-crum	-cra
Genitive	-crī	-crōrum
Dative	-crō	-crīs
Accusative	-crum	-cra
Ablative	-crō	-crīs
Vocative	-crum	-cra

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -crum

Related terms

• -clum
• -culum
• -trum