segutilum

Latin

Alternative forms

• segullum

Etymology

Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈɡu.ti.lum/, [s̠ɛˈɡʊt̪ɪɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈɡu.ti.lum/, [seˈɡuːt̪ilum]

Noun

segutilum n (genitive segutilī); second declension

1. (geology) A kind of earth, which was supposed to indicate the presence of native gold

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	segutilum	segutila
genitive	segutilī	segutilōrum
dative	segutilō	segutilīs
accusative	segutilum	segutila
ablative	segutilō	segutilīs
vocative	segutilum	segutila

References

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