bacula

English

Noun

bacula

1. plural of baculum

Latin

Etymology 1

From bāca (“berry”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ku.la/, [ˈbäkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ku.la/, [ˈbäːkulä]

Noun

bācula f (genitive bāculae); first declension

1. diminutive of bāca: a small berry

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bācula	bāculae
Genitive	bāculae	bāculārum
Dative	bāculae	bāculīs
Accusative	bāculam	bāculās
Ablative	bāculā	bāculīs
Vocative	bācula	bāculae

Etymology 2

Noun

bacula

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of baculum

References

• “bacula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bacula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• bacula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.