"-culum" meaning in Latin

See -culum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [kʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [ku.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|-ulum<id:diminutive>|id=diminutive}}, {{non-lemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|suffix form}} -culum
  1. inflection of -culus:
    nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, morpheme, neuter, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: -culus
    Sense id: en--culum-la-suffix-lSZbnwrr Categories (other): Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension: 66 14 20
  2. inflection of -culus:
    accusative masculine singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, masculine, morpheme, singular Form of: -culus
    Sense id: en--culum-la-suffix-JcCQGrsU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: [kʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [ku.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From (with anaptyxis) Proto-Italic *-klom, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, from *-trom. Compare stabulum, which comes from a similar suffix *-dʰlom. Despite the resemblance, ōsculum (which besides is never found in the form **ōsclum) and other diminutive nouns do not contain this suffix. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*-klom}} Proto-Italic *-klom, {{der|la|ine-pro|*-tlom}} Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-culum<2>}} -culum n (genitive -culī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-culum<2>}} Forms: -culī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -culum [nominative, singular], -cula [nominative, plural], -culī [genitive, singular], -culōrum [genitive, plural], -culō [dative, singular], -culīs [dative, plural], -culum [accusative, singular], -cula [accusative, plural], -culō [ablative, singular], -culīs [ablative, plural], -culum [singular, vocative], -cula [plural, vocative], -clum [alternative], -crum [alternative], -ulum [alternative]
  1. suffix used to derive nouns from verbs, particularly nouns for tools and instruments Tags: declension-2, morpheme, neuter Synonyms: -men, -mentum, -tōrium, -ium
    Sense id: en--culum-la-suffix-la:instrument Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 35 7 2 55 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 5 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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