latrunculus

Latin

Etymology

From latrō, latrōnis (“thief”) +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈtrun.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪rʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈtrun.ku.lus/, [läˈt̪ruŋkulus]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /latˈrun.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪ät̪ˈrʊŋkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /latˈrun.ku.lus/, [lät̪ˈruŋkulus]

Noun

latrunculus m (genitive latrunculī); second declension

1. highwayman, robber.

   Synonyms: praedō, latrō, vargus

2. a man in the Ancient Roman boardgame of ludus latrunculorum, extended to pieces in other games such as chess and draughts.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	latrunculus	latrunculī
Genitive	latrunculī	latrunculōrum
Dative	latrunculō	latrunculīs
Accusative	latrunculum	latrunculōs
Ablative	latrunculō	latrunculīs
Vocative	latruncule	latrunculī

References

• “latrunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “latrunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• latrunculus 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)
• latrunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Further reading

Ludus latrunculorum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia