mulctrum

Latin

Etymology

From mulg(eō)- (“to milk”) +‎ -trum (“instrumental suffix”), reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- + *-trom.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmulk.trum/, [ˈmʊɫ̪kt̪rʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmulk.trum/, [ˈmulkt̪rum]

Noun

mulctrum n (genitive mulctrī); second declension

1. milk-pail

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mulctrum	mulctra
genitive	mulctrī	mulctrōrum
dative	mulctrō	mulctrīs
accusative	mulctrum	mulctra
ablative	mulctrō	mulctrīs
vocative	mulctrum	mulctra

Synonyms

• mulctra
• mulgāre

Derived terms

• mulctrārium
• mulctrāle

Related terms

• mulgeō
• immulgeō
• prōmulgeō
• mulctrō
• mulctōrium
• mulctrīx
• mulctūra
• mulctus

References

• “mulctrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mulctrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mulctrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.