protocollum
Latin
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proː.tɔˈkɔl.lũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.t̪oˈkɔl.lum]
Noun
prōtocollum n (genitive prōtocollī); second declension
- (Late Latin) the first sheet of a volume on which contents and errata were written
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prōtocollum | prōtocolla |
| genitive | prōtocollī | prōtocollōrum |
| dative | prōtocollō | prōtocollīs |
| accusative | prōtocollum | prōtocolla |
| ablative | prōtocollō | prōtocollīs |
| vocative | prōtocollum | prōtocolla |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: protocol
- → Middle French: protocole
- → Italian: protocollo
- → Spanish: protocolo
- → Romanian: protocol
- → Portuguese: protocolo
References
- "protocollum", 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)