ramulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ramulus

Noun

ramulus (plural ramuli)

(zoology) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of rāmus.

Noun

rāmulus m (genitive rāmulī); second declension

A little branch or bough
A twig or sprig

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rāmulus	rāmulī
Genitive	rāmulī	rāmulōrum
Dative	rāmulō	rāmulīs
Accusative	rāmulum	rāmulōs
Ablative	rāmulō	rāmulīs
Vocative	rāmule	rāmulī

Derived terms

rāmulōsus

Descendants

French: ramule
Italian: ramulo
Portuguese: râmulo
Romanian: ramură

References

ramulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ramulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ramulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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