ramusculus

ramusculus

Latin

Etymology

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Latin rāmus
Latin -usculus
Latin rāmusculus

    From rāmus (“branch”) + -usculus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    rāmusculus m (genitive rāmusculī); second declension (Late Latin)

    1. little branch
    2. twig

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative rāmusculus rāmusculī
    genitive rāmusculī rāmusculōrum
    dative rāmusculō rāmusculīs
    accusative rāmusculum rāmusculōs
    ablative rāmusculō rāmusculīs
    vocative rāmuscule rāmusculī

    Descendants

    • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *rāmuscellum (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • “ramusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “ramusculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • ramusculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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