ferculum

Latin

Alternative forms

• fericulum (uncontracted)

Etymology

From ferō (“I bear”) +‎ -culum (“tool”). Compare with feretrum, calqued or borrowed from Ancient Greek with cognate elements.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ku.lum/, [ˈfɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ku.lum/, [ˈfɛrkulum]

Noun

ferculum n (genitive ferculī); second declension

1. that on which any thing is carried or borne
2. a frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions
3. a dish on which food is served, a tray; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ferculum	fercula
Genitive	ferculī	ferculōrum
Dative	ferculō	ferculīs
Accusative	ferculum	fercula
Ablative	ferculō	ferculīs
Vocative	ferculum	fercula

Descendants

• Italian: fercolo

References

• “ferculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ferculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ferculum 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)
• ferculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ferculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ferculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin