vericulum
Latin
Etymology
From verū (“dart”) + -culum (diminutive suffix).
Noun
vericulum n (genitive vericulī); second declension
- 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
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “vĕrĭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 285
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.