ramulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ramulus.

Noun

ramulus (plural ramuli)

1. (zoology) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of rāmus.

Noun

rāmulus m (genitive rāmulī); second declension

1. A little branch or bough
2. A twig or sprig

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rāmulus	rāmulī
Genitive	rāmulī	rāmulōrum
Dative	rāmulō	rāmulīs
Accusative	rāmulum	rāmulōs
Ablative	rāmulō	rāmulīs
Vocative	rāmule	rāmulī

Derived terms

• rāmulōsus

Descendants

• French: ramule
• Italian: ramulo
• Portuguese: râmulo
• Romanian: ramură

References

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