"bacillus" meaning in Latin

See bacillus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [baˈkɪl.lʊs] [Classical-Latin], [baˈt͡ʃil.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin baculum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -illus Latin bacillus From baculum + -illus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|baculum|-illus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin baculum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -illus Latin bacillus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-lus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-illus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bacillus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="bacillus">, {{affix|la|baculum|-illus|pos2=diminutive suffix}} baculum + -illus (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|bacillus<2>}} bacillus m (genitive bacillī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|bacillus<2>}} Forms: bacillī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bacillus [nominative, singular], bacillī [nominative, plural], bacillī [genitive, singular], bacillōrum [genitive, plural], bacillō [dative, singular], bacillīs [dative, plural], bacillum [accusative, singular], bacillōs [accusative, plural], bacillō [ablative, singular], bacillīs [ablative, plural], bacille [singular, vocative], bacillī [plural, vocative]
  1. alternative form of bacillum Tags: alt-of, alternative, declension-2, masculine Alternative form of: bacillum

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "bacelo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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        ]
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        ]
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    },
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        "vocative"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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    },
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      "ipa": "[baˈt͡ʃil.lus]",
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    },
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
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}

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