vericulum

Latin

Alternative forms

*verruculum (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

Diminutive of verū (“dart”).

Noun

vericulum n (genitive vericulī); second declension

a small pointed rod

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vericulum	vericula
Genitive	vericulī	vericulōrum
Dative	vericulō	vericulīs
Accusative	vericulum	vericula
Ablative	vericulō	vericulīs
Vocative	vericulum	vericula

Descendants

Catalan: forrellat
Old French: veroil
- French: verrou
Galician: ferrollo
Occitan: ferrolh, varrolh
Old Portuguese: verrolho
- Portuguese: ferrolho
Old Spanish: berrojo
- Spanish: cerrojo, herrojo

References

vericulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vericulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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