posticulum

posticulum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
Proto-Indo-European *-kosder.
Latin -īcus
Latin postīcus
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Italic *-om
Latin -um
Latin postīcum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulum
Latin postīculum

    From postīcum + -ulum (diminutive-forming suffix).

    Noun

    postīculum n (genitive postīculī); second declension (diminutive of postīcum)

    1. a small outhouse

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative postīculum postīcula
    genitive postīculī postīculōrum
    dative postīculō postīculīs
    accusative postīculum postīcula
    ablative postīculō postīculīs
    vocative postīculum postīcula

    References

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