umbraculum

English

Etymology

From Latin umbrāculum.

Noun

umbraculum (plural umbracula)

  1. (botany) Any umbrella-shaped appendage, such as the cap borne on the seta of Marchantia.
  2. A place giving shelter; a pavilion, a summerhouse, etc.

Latin

Etymology

From umbra +‎ -culum.

Noun

umbrāculum n (genitive umbrāculī); second declension

  1. shade, shelter
  2. parasol, umbrella
  3. bower, arbour (shady retreat)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative umbrāculum umbrācula
genitive umbrāculī umbrāculōrum
dative umbrāculō umbrāculīs
accusative umbrāculum umbrācula
ablative umbrāculō umbrāculīs
vocative umbrāculum umbrācula

Descendants

  • Catalan: umbracle
  • English: umbraculum
  • Translingual: Umbraculum

References

  • umbraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • umbraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • umbraculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to exert oneself in the schools: desudare in scholae umbra or umbraculis
  • umbraculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • umbraculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • umbraculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin