laterculum

laterculum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈter.ku.lum/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪ɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈter.ku.lum/, [läˈt̪ɛrkulum]

Etymology 1

From later (“tile”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix), by analogy of shape.[1]

Noun

laterculum n (genitive laterculī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. register, list
2. (specifically) a register of all the offices and dignities of the Roman Empire

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	laterculum	latercula
Genitive	laterculī	laterculōrum
Dative	laterculō	laterculīs
Accusative	laterculum	latercula
Ablative	laterculō	laterculīs
Vocative	laterculum	latercula

Derived terms

• laterculēnsis

References

• “lătercŭlum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lătercŭlum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 890/2

1. Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “later”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 343

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of laterculus (“a small brick or tile”).

Noun

laterculum m

1. accusative singular of laterculus