deverticulum

deverticulum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *wert-
Proto-Indo-European *wértetor
Proto-Italic *wertō
Latin vertō
Latin dēvertō
Latin -i-
Latin -culum
Latin dēverticulum

    From dēvertō (“to turn away, turn aside”) + -i- + -culum.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dēverticulum n (genitive dēverticulī); second declension

    1. A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.
    2. (figuratively) A deviation, digression.
      Synonyms: dēviātiō, dīgressiō, ēgressiō, ēgressus, excessus
    3. A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.
    4. (figuratively) A refuge, retreat, lurking-place.
      Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, asȳlum, tēctum, receptāculum

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative dēverticulum dēverticula
    genitive dēverticulī dēverticulōrum
    dative dēverticulō dēverticulīs
    accusative dēverticulum dēverticula
    ablative dēverticulō dēverticulīs
    vocative dēverticulum dēverticula

    Synonyms

    References

    • “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “deverticulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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