pessulum

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of pessum (“pessary”).

Noun

pessulum n (genitive pessulī); second declension

1. a pessary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pessulum	pessula
Genitive	pessulī	pessulōrum
Dative	pessulō	pessulīs
Accusative	pessulum	pessula
Ablative	pessulō	pessulīs
Vocative	pessulum	pessula

References

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