indiculum

Latin

Alternative forms

• indiculus

Etymology

Diminutive from index (“index, list, catalogue”) +‎ -ulum, from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.ku.lum/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.ku.lum/, [in̪ˈd̪iːkulum]

Noun

indiculum n (genitive indiculī); second declension

1. diminutive of index
2. A short index, list or catalogue.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indiculum	indicula
Genitive	indiculī	indiculōrum
Dative	indiculō	indiculīs
Accusative	indiculum	indicula
Ablative	indiculō	indiculīs
Vocative	indiculum	indicula

Related terms

• index
• indicābilis
• indicātiō
• indicātīvus
• indicātor
• indicātūra
• indicīna
• indicium
• indicō

 

References

• “indiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indiculum 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)
• indiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.