laterculum

Latin

Pronunciation

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).

singular plural
nominative laterculum latercula
genitive laterculī laterculōrum
dative laterculō laterculīs
accusative laterculum latercula
ablative laterculō laterculīs
vocative laterculum latercula
Derived terms

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), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 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
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