crusculum

Latin

Etymology

From crūs (“leg, shank, shin”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkruːs.ku.lum/, [ˈkruːs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkrus.ku.lum/, [ˈkruskulum]

Noun

crūsculum n (genitive crūsculī); second declension

1. diminutive of crūs: a small leg or shank.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	crūsculum	crūscula
genitive	crūsculī	crūsculōrum
dative	crūsculō	crūsculīs
accusative	crūsculum	crūscula
ablative	crūsculō	crūsculīs
vocative	crūsculum	crūscula

Descendants

• ⇒ English: procrusculum

References

• “crusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press