perpendiculum

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Latin

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Etymology

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From perpendō (I weigh or examine carefully or exactly) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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perpendiculum n (genitive perpendiculī); second declension

  1. plumbline, plummet

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative perpendiculum perpendicula
Genitive perpendiculī perpendiculōrum
Dative perpendiculō perpendiculīs
Accusative perpendiculum perpendicula
Ablative perpendiculō perpendiculīs
Vocative perpendiculum perpendicula

Derived terms

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References

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  • perpendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perpendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perpendiculum 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)
  • perpendiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • perpendiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perpendiculum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • perpendiculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin