foculare
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom focus (“fireplace”) + -ulus (“diminutive suffix”) + -āre (“relative suffix”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fo.kuˈlaː.re/, [fɔkʊˈɫ̪äːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fo.kuˈla.re/, [fokuˈläːre]
Noun
editfoculāre n (genitive foculāris); third declension
- (Late Latin) a fireplace, hearth
- Synonym: focus
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | foculāre | foculāria |
Genitive | foculāris | foculārium |
Dative | foculārī | foculāribus |
Accusative | foculāre | foculāria |
Ablative | foculārī | foculāribus |
Vocative | foculāre | foculāria |
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editfōculāre
- inflection of fōculō:
References
edit- “foculāre” in volume 6, column 1, line 986 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fŏcŭlaris”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 651