vericulum

Latin

Etymology

From verū (“dart”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

vericulum n (genitive vericulī); second declension

1. a small pointed rod

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vericulum	vericula
Genitive	vericulī	vericulōrum
Dative	vericulō	vericulīs
Accusative	vericulum	vericula
Ablative	vericulō	vericulīs
Vocative	vericulum	vericula

Descendants

• Italian: verricchio (Lucca)
• Old French: vereil
• Vulgar Latin: *verruculum (see there for further descendants)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĕrĭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 285

Further reading

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