tigillum

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of tignum (same process as that in sigillum < signum).

Noun

tigillum n (genitive tigillī); second declension (Diminutive of: tignum)

  1. small piece of wood
  2. small beam

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tigillum tigilla
Genitive tigillī tigillōrum
Dative tigillō tigillīs
Accusative tigillum tigilla
Ablative tigillō tigillīs
Vocative tigillum tigilla

Derived terms
  • Tigillīnus/ Tigellīnus
  • Tigillus

Descendants

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