tigillum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive form of tignum (same process as that in sigillum < signum).
Noun
[edit]tigillum n (genitive tigillī); second declension (Diminutive of: tignum)
- small piece of wood
- small beam
- (Late Latin, alchemy) a crucible, a cupel, referring to the Crucifixion
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tigillum | tigilla |
| genitive | tigillī | tigillōrum |
| dative | tigillō | tigillīs |
| accusative | tigillum | tigilla |
| ablative | tigillō | tigillīs |
| vocative | tigillum | tigilla |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Galician: tilla
References
[edit]- “tigillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tigillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tigillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.