"operculum" meaning in Latin

See operculum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɔˈpɛr.kʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [oˈpɛr.ku.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin -culum Latin operculum From operiō (“to close”) + -culum. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|operiō<t:to close>|-culum|text=+|title=operculum|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin -culum Latin operculum [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₁éps", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ep-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁epi", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "?", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂wer-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "forming verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "operiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culum", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "operculum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="operculum"> From operiō (“to close”) + -culum. Head templates: {{la-noun|operculum<2>}} operculum n (genitive operculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|operculum<2>}} Forms: operculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], operculum [nominative, singular], opercula [nominative, plural], operculī [genitive, singular], operculōrum [genitive, plural], operculō [dative, singular], operculīs [dative, plural], operculum [accusative, singular], opercula [accusative, plural], operculō [ablative, singular], operculīs [ablative, plural], operculum [singular, vocative], opercula [plural, vocative]
  1. cover, covering Tags: declension-2, neuter

Inflected forms

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