holusculum

Latin

Etymology

holus (“vegetable”) +‎ -culus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hoˈlus.ku.lum/, [hɔˈɫ̪ʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈlus.ku.lum/, [oˈluskulum]

Noun

holusculum n (genitive holusculī); second declension

1. a small herb or vegetable, a little cabbage

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	holusculum	holuscula
genitive	holusculī	holusculōrum
dative	holusculō	holusculīs
accusative	holusculum	holuscula
ablative	holusculō	holusculīs
vocative	holusculum	holuscula

References

• “holusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “holusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers