Latin

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Etymology

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    From tubus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

    Noun

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    tubulus m (genitive tubulī); second declension

    1. diminutive of tubus (pipe, tube)

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative tubulus tubulī
    Genitive tubulī tubulōrum
    Dative tubulō tubulīs
    Accusative tubulum tubulōs
    Ablative tubulō tubulīs
    Vocative tubule tubulī

    References

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    • tubulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • tubulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • tubulus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray