tigillum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive form of tignum (same process as that in sigillum < signum).
Noun edit
tigillum n (genitive tigillī); second declension (Diminutive of: tignum)
- small piece of wood
- small beam
- (Late Latin, alchemy) a crucible, a cupel, referring to the Crucifixion
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tigillum | tigilla |
| Genitive | tigillī | tigillōrum |
| Dative | tigillō | tigillīs |
| Accusative | tigillum | tigilla |
| Ablative | tigillō | tigillīs |
| Vocative | tigillum | tigilla |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Galician: tilla
References edit
- “tigillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tigillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tigillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.