ramusculus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom rāmus (“branch”) + -usculus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /raːˈmus.ku.lus/, [räːˈmʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /raˈmus.ku.lus/, [räˈmuskulus]
Noun
editrāmusculus m (genitive rāmusculī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rāmusculus | rāmusculī |
Genitive | rāmusculī | rāmusculōrum |
Dative | rāmusculō | rāmusculīs |
Accusative | rāmusculum | rāmusculōs |
Ablative | rāmusculō | rāmusculīs |
Vocative | rāmuscule | rāmusculī |
Descendants
edit- Vulgar Latin: *rāmuscellum (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- “ramusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ramusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ramusculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016