tubulus

English

Noun

tubulus (plural tubuli)

  1. Obsolete form of tubule.

Latin

Etymology

    From tubus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    tubulus m (genitive tubulī); second declension

    1. diminutive of tubus (“pipe, tube”)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative tubulus tubulī
    genitive tubulī tubulōrum
    dative tubulō tubulīs
    accusative tubulum tubulōs
    ablative tubulō tubulīs
    vocative tubule tubulī

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: túbul
    • → English: tubule
    • → Galician: túbulo
    • → Italian: tubulo
    • → Portuguese: túbulo
    • → Spanish: túbulo
    • ⇒ Translingual: Tubulicium

    References

    • “tubulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • tubulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “tubulus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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