-culum

See also: culum

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ku.lum/, [kʊ.ɫũ] (stressed on the antepenult)

Etymology 1Edit

From -culus (diminutive suffix).

SuffixEdit

-culum

1. nominative neuter singular of -culus
2. accusative masculine singular of -culus
3. accusative neuter singular of -culus
4. vocative neuter singular of -culus

Etymology 2Edit

From (with anaptyxis) Proto-Italic *-klom, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, from *-trom. Compare stabulum, which comes from a similar suffix *-dʰlom. Despite the resemblance, osculum (which besides is never found in the form **osclum) and other diminutive nouns do not use this suffix.

Alternative formsEdit

• -clum
• -crum
• -ulum

SuffixEdit

-culum n (genitive -culī); second declension

1. Suffix used to form some nouns derived from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments.

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	-culum	-cula
genitive	-culī	-culōrum
dative	-culō	-culīs
accusative	-culum	-cula
ablative	-culō	-culīs
vocative	-culum	-cula

See alsoEdit

► Latin words suffixed with -culum

ReferencesEdit

• CLARKSON, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
• Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, 2002, pp. 304-305.