perpendiculum
Latin
Etymology
From perpendō (“I weigh or examine carefully or exactly”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛr.pɛnˈdɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [per.pen̪ˈd̪iː.ku.lum]
Noun
perpendiculum n (genitive perpendiculī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perpendiculum | perpendicula |
| genitive | perpendiculī | perpendiculōrum |
| dative | perpendiculō | perpendiculīs |
| accusative | perpendiculum | perpendicula |
| ablative | perpendiculō | perpendiculīs |
| vocative | perpendiculum | perpendicula |
Derived terms
- ad perpendiculum (“perpendicularly”)
- perpendiculāris
- perpendiculārius
References
- “perpendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perpendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "perpendiculum", 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)
- perpendiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “perpendiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perpendiculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “perpendiculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin