"-culum" meaning in Latin

See -culum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ku.lum/ [Classical], [kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /ku.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kulum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From -culus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{m|la|-culus|pos=diminutive suffix}} -culus (diminutive suffix) 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
    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: 50 19 31
  2. inflection of -culus:
    accusative masculine singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, masculine, morpheme, singular
    Sense id: en--culum-la-suffix-JcCQGrsU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ku.lum/ [Classical], [kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical], /ku.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kulum] (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, {{m|ine-pro|*-trom}} *-trom, {{m|la|stabulum}} stabulum, {{m|ine-pro|*-dʰlom}} *-dʰlom, {{m|la|ōsculum}} ōsculum 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]
  1. suffix used to form some nouns derived from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments Tags: declension-2, morpheme, neuter Synonyms: -clum, -crum, -ulum
    Sense id: en--culum-la-suffix-la:instrument
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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