protocollum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.toˈkol.lum/, [proːt̪ɔˈkɔlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.toˈkol.lum/, [prot̪oˈkɔlːum]
Noun edit
prōtocollum n (genitive prōtocollī); second declension
- (Late Latin) the first sheet of a volume on which contents and errata were written
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōtocollum | prōtocolla |
| Genitive | prōtocollī | prōtocollōrum |
| Dative | prōtocollō | prōtocollīs |
| Accusative | prōtocollum | prōtocolla |
| Ablative | prōtocollō | prōtocollīs |
| Vocative | prōtocollum | prōtocolla |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: protocol
- → Middle French: protocole
- → Italian: protocollo
- → Spanish: protocolo
- → Romanian: protocol
- → Portuguese: protocolo
References edit
- protocollum 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)