calamellus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From calamus (“reed”) + -ellus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmel.lus/, [käɫ̪äˈmɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.laˈmel.lus/, [käläˈmɛlːus]
Noun edit
calamellus m (genitive calamellī); second declension
- (Late Latin) A little reed or pen.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | calamellus | calamellī |
Genitive | calamellī | calamellōrum |
Dative | calamellō | calamellīs |
Accusative | calamellum | calamellōs |
Ablative | calamellō | calamellīs |
Vocative | calamelle | calamellī |
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References edit
- “calamellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calamellus 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)
- calamellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.