magulum

Latin

Etymology

Unknown: derivations from maga, magus (“magician”) + -ulus and from māla (“cheekbone, jaw”)^[1] have been proposed but are not widely accepted. Attested only in the scholia on Juvenal; since the word appears in the accusative case, it may instead be masculine magulus.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡu.lum/, [ˈmäɡʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡu.lum/, [ˈmäːɡulum]

Noun

magulum n (genitive magulī); second declension

(Late Latin, hapax, anatomy) jaw, mouth

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	magulum	magula
genitive	magulī	magulōrum
dative	magulō	magulīs
accusative	magulum	magula
ablative	magulō	magulīs
vocative	magulum	magula

Descendants

Koine Greek: μάγουλον (mágoulon)
- Greek: μάγουλο (mágoulo)

References

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

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “māga”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 15
^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “*magulus, -lum”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 379

[1] Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “māga”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 15

[2] Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “*magulus, -lum”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 379

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