arculata

Latin

Etymology

From the neuter plural of an adjective *arculātus, derived from the suffix -ātus added to arculus, arculum, or arcula.

Given the existence of Umbrian 𐌀𐌓𐌜𐌋𐌀𐌕𐌀𐌚 (arçlataf, “a type of sacrificial gift”, acc. pl.), one can even reconstruct Proto-Italic *arkelātos.

Noun

arculāta n pl (genitive arculātōrum); second declension

  1. sacrificial cakes.
    • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 16, line 9:
      Arculata dicebantur circuli, qui ex farina in sacrificiis fiebant.
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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative arculāta
genitive arculātōrum
dative arculātīs
accusative arculāta
ablative arculātīs
vocative arculāta

References

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