granulum

Latin

Etymology

grānum (“grain, seed”) +‎ -ulum.

Noun

grānulum n (genitive grānulī); second declension

1. diminutive of grānum
2. granule (small grain)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	grānulum	grānula
genitive	grānulī	grānulōrum
dative	grānulō	grānulīs
accusative	grānulum	grānula
ablative	grānulō	grānulīs
vocative	grānulum	grānula

Descendants

• Catalan: grànul
• English: granule
• Italian: granulo
• → Portuguese: grânulo

References

• “granulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• granulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.