vericulum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From verū (“dart”) + -culum (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
vericulum n (genitive vericulī); second declension
- a small pointed rod
Declension edit
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 edit
- Italian: verricchio (Lucca)
- Old French: vereil
- Vulgar Latin: *verruculum (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĕrĭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 285
Further reading edit
- “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.