viculus

Latin

Etymology

A diminutive form of vīcus (“a village”, “a street”), formed as: vīcus +‎ -ulus (suffix forming diminutives).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.ku.lus/, [ˈwiː.kʊ.ɫʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ku.lus/, [ˈviː.ku.lus]

Noun

vīculus m (genitive vīculī); second declension

  1. a small vilage or hamlet
  2. (Medieval Latin) a minor lane, side-street, or alley

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vīculus vīculī
Genitive vīculī vīculōrum
Dative vīculō vīculīs
Accusative vīculum vīculōs
Ablative vīculō vīculīs
Vocative vīcule vīculī

Synonyms
  • (minor lane, side-street, alley): angiportus (Classical)

Descendants

References
  • vīcŭlus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • viculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • viculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • vīcŭlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,673/3
  • “uīculus” on page 2,058/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “viculus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1,097/2
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