tentaculum

English

Etymology

From New Latin tentāculum. See the doublet tentacle.

Noun

tentaculum (plural tentacula) (archaic)

(zoology) A tentacle.
(anatomy) A feeler or whisker.

References

“tentaculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From tentō (“I feel, touch, try”) +‎ -culum, literally "thing for feeling".

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛnˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪en̪ˈt̪aː.ku.lum]

Noun

tentāculum n (genitive tentāculī); second declension

(New Latin, zoology) a tentacle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tentāculum	tentācula
genitive	tentāculī	tentāculōrum
dative	tentāculō	tentāculīs
accusative	tentāculum	tentācula
ablative	tentāculō	tentāculīs
vocative	tentāculum	tentācula

Descendants

→ English: tentacle
→ French: tentacule
- → Romanian: tentacul
→ Spanish: tentáculo
→ Portuguese: tentáculo
→ Italian: tentacolo
→ German: Tentakel