signaculum

Latin

Etymology

From signō +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siɡˈnaː.ku.lum/, [s̠ɪŋˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siɲˈɲa.ku.lum/, [siɲˈɲäːkulum]

Noun

signāculum n (genitive signāculī); second declension

1. mark, sign
2. seal, signet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	signāculum	signācula
Genitive	signāculī	signāculōrum
Dative	signāculō	signāculīs
Accusative	signāculum	signācula
Ablative	signāculō	signāculīs
Vocative	signāculum	signācula

Descendants

• Italian: segnacchio

References

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