ferculum
Latin
Alternative forms
- fericulum (uncontracted)
Etymology
From ferō (“I bear”) + -culum (“tool”). Confer with ferētrum, calqued or borrowed from Ancient Greek with cognate elements.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ku.lum/, [ˈfɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ku.lum/, [ˈfɛrkulum]
Noun
ferculum n (genitive ferculī); second declension
- that on which any thing is carried or borne
- a frame, a barrow, litter, bier for carrying the spoils, the images of the gods, etc., in public processions
- a dish on which food is served, a tray; and hence a dish or mess of food, a course
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ferculum | fercula |
| Genitive | ferculī | ferculōrum |
| Dative | ferculō | ferculīs |
| Accusative | ferculum | fercula |
| Ablative | ferculō | ferculīs |
| Vocative | ferculum | fercula |
Descendants
- Italian: fercolo
References
- “ferculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ferculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “ferculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ferculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin