ostiolum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ōstium + -olum (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
ōstiolum n (genitive ōstiolī); second declension
- Diminutive of ōstium (“door”): small door
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ōstiolum | ōstiola |
| Genitive | ōstiolī | ōstiolōrum |
| Dative | ōstiolō | ōstiolīs |
| Accusative | ōstiolum | ōstiola |
| Ablative | ōstiolō | ōstiolīs |
| Vocative | ōstiolum | ōstiola |
Descendants edit
- English: ostiole
- French: ostiole
- Galician: ichó
- Italian: ostiolo
- Portuguese: ichó, ostíolo
- Romanian: ușor
- Sicilian: sticchiu (through *ostitulum)
References edit
- “ostiolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostiolum 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)
- ostiolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.