ostiolum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ōstium + -olum (diminutive suffix).
Noun
[edit]ōstiolum n (genitive ōstiolī); second declension
- diminutive of ōstium (“door”): small door
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ōstiolum | ōstiola |
| genitive | ōstiolī | ōstiolōrum |
| dative | ōstiolō | ōstiolīs |
| accusative | ōstiolum | ōstiola |
| ablative | ōstiolō | ōstiolīs |
| vocative | ōstiolum | ōstiola |
Descendants
[edit]- English: ostiole
- French: ostiole
- Galician: ichó
- Italian: ostiolo
- Portuguese: ichó, ostíolo
- Romanian: ușor
- Sicilian: sticchiu (through *ostitulum)
References
[edit]- “ostiolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostiolum 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)
- ostiolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.