decidiculum

Latin

Etymology

From dēcidō (“to fall down, drop, sink; to hang”) +‎ -culum (suffix forming instrument nouns).

Noun

dēcidiculum n (genitive dēcidiculī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) parachute
    Anglī Francogallīque mīlitēs dēcidiculō ad Canālem missī exercitum Aegyptiācum facilē fugant
    The English and French soldiers, sent by parachute across the Channel, easily routed the Egyptian army.
    • from EPISTULA LEONINA CCLXXXVIII

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dēcidiculum dēcidicula
genitive dēcidiculī dēcidiculōrum
dative dēcidiculō dēcidiculīs
accusative dēcidiculum dēcidicula
ablative dēcidiculō dēcidiculīs
vocative dēcidiculum dēcidicula
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