ramusculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rāmus (“branch”) + -usculus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /raːˈmus.ku.lus/, [räːˈmʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /raˈmus.ku.lus/, [räˈmuskulus]
Noun
[edit]rāmusculus m (genitive rāmusculī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rāmusculus | rāmusculī |
| genitive | rāmusculī | rāmusculōrum |
| dative | rāmusculō | rāmusculīs |
| accusative | rāmusculum | rāmusculōs |
| ablative | rāmusculō | rāmusculīs |
| vocative | rāmuscule | rāmusculī |
Descendants
[edit]- Vulgar Latin: *rāmuscellum (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- “ramusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ramusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ramusculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016