vericulum

vericulum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin verū
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culum
Latin vericulum

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

    Noun

    vericulum n (genitive vericulī); second declension

    1. a small pointed rod

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative vericulum vericula
    genitive vericulī vericulōrum
    dative vericulō vericulīs
    accusative vericulum vericula
    ablative vericulō vericulīs
    vocative vericulum vericula

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: verricchio (Lucca), >? verricolo
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Old French: vereil
    • ⇒ Late Latin: veruculum
      • Italian: verchio (Tuscan), → verucolo
      • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *verruculum (see there for further descendants)

    References

    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.
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