"frenulum" meaning in Latin

See frenulum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈfrɛː.nu.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin frēnum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin frēnulum From frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”) + -ulum (diminutive nominal suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|frēnum<t:a bridle, curb, bit>|-ulus<alt:-ulum><pos:diminutive nominal suffix>|text=+|title=frēnulum|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin frēnum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulum Latin frēnulum [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" : "-ulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive nominal suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "frēnulum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="frēnulum"> From frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”) + -ulum (diminutive nominal suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|frēnulum<2>}} frēnulum n (genitive frēnulī); second declension, {{tlb|la|New Latin}} (New Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|frēnulum<2>}} Forms: frēnulum [canonical, neuter], frēnulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], frēnulum [nominative, singular], frēnula [nominative, plural], frēnulī [genitive, singular], frēnulōrum [genitive, plural], frēnulō [dative, singular], frēnulīs [dative, plural], frēnulum [accusative, singular], frēnula [accusative, plural], frēnulō [ablative, singular], frēnulīs [ablative, plural], frēnulum [singular, vocative], frēnula [plural, vocative], fraenulum [alternative]
  1. diminutive of frēnum Tags: New-Latin, declension-2, diminutive, form-of Form of: frēnum
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