"bacillum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [baˈkɪl.lũː] [Classical-Latin], [baˈt͡ʃil.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From baculum (“staff, walking stick”) + -lum (diminutive-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|baculum<t:staff, walking stick>|-lus<alt:-lum><pos:diminutive-forming suffix>|text=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-lus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bacillum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="bacillum"> From baculum (“staff, walking stick”) + -lum (diminutive-forming suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|bacillum<2>}} bacillum n (genitive bacillī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|bacillum<2>}} Forms: bacillī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bacillum [nominative, singular], bacilla [nominative, plural], bacillī [genitive, singular], bacillōrum [genitive, plural], bacillō [dative, singular], bacillīs [dative, plural], bacillum [accusative, singular], bacilla [accusative, plural], bacillō [ablative, singular], bacillīs [ablative, plural], bacillum [singular, vocative], bacilla [plural, vocative], bacillus [alternative]
  1. A small staff or wand. Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-bacillum-la-noun-tcJb7TEI Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -lus, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 75 25 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 54 46 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 60 40 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -lus: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 93 7
  2. The shaft or handle of a tool or weapon. Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-bacillum-la-noun-zzRWWp6C Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imbēcillus (english: unclear)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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