-culum
See also: culum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ku.lum/, [kʊ.ɫũ] (stressed on the antepenult)
Etymology 1
From -culus (diminutive suffix).
Suffix
-culum
- nominative neuter singular of -culus
- accusative masculine singular of -culus
- accusative neuter singular of -culus
- vocative neuter singular of -culus
Etymology 2
From (with anaptyxis) Proto-Italic *-klom, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, from *-trom. Compare stabulum, which comes from a similar suffix *-dʰlom. Despite the resemblance, osculum (which besides is never found in the form **osclum) and other diminutive nouns do not contain this suffix.
Alternative forms
- -clum
- -crum
- -ulum
Suffix
-culum n (genitive -culī); second declension
- Suffix used to form some nouns derived from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -culum | -cula |
| Genitive | -culī | -culōrum |
| Dative | -culō | -culīs |
| Accusative | -culum | -cula |
| Ablative | -culō | -culīs |
| Vocative | -culum | -cula |
See also
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-culum' title='Category:Latin words suffixed with -culum'>Latin words suffixed with -culum</a>
References
- CLARKSON, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
- Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, 2002, pp. 304-305.