bacillum
Latin
Alternative forms
- bacillus
Etymology
Diminutive of baculum (“staff, walking stick”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /baˈkil.lum/, [bäˈkɪlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /baˈt͡ʃil.lum/, [bäˈt͡ʃilːum]
Noun
bacillum n (genitive bacillī); second declension
- A small staff or wand.
- The shaft or handle of a tool or weapon.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bacillum | bacilla |
| Genitive | bacillī | bacillōrum |
| Dative | bacillō | bacillīs |
| Accusative | bacillum | bacilla |
| Ablative | bacillō | bacillīs |
| Vocative | bacillum | bacilla |
Descendants
- → Serbo-Croatian: bàcīl/ба̀цӣл
- See also: imbecillus
References
- “bacillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bacillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bacillum 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)
- bacillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette