"alterculum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [aɫˈtɛr.kʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [alˈtɛr.ku.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From altercum, of unknown origin + -ulus. Pliny ascribes the terms altercum, altercangenum to “the Arabs”, so perhaps from a Semitic language. Etymology templates: {{unk|la|unknown}} unknown, {{suf|la||-ulus}} + -ulus, {{der|la|sem|-}} Semitic Head templates: {{la-noun|alterculum<2>}} alterculum n (genitive alterculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|alterculum<2>}} Forms: alterculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], alterculum [nominative, singular], altercula [nominative, plural], alterculī [genitive, singular], alterculōrum [genitive, plural], alterculō [dative, singular], alterculīs [dative, plural], alterculum [accusative, singular], altercula [accusative, plural], alterculō [ablative, singular], alterculīs [ablative, plural], alterculum [singular, vocative], altercula [plural, vocative]
  1. The henbane Wikipedia link: Pliny the Elder Tags: declension-2, neuter

Alternative forms

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