"tentaculum" meaning in Latin

See tentaculum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tɛnˈtaː.kʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [tenˈtaː.ku.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From tentō (“to feel, touch, try”) + -culum, literally “a thing used to feel”. Compare typologically Russian щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce), see there for more. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af<lit:a thing used to feel>|tentō<t:to feel, touch, try>|-culum<id:instrument>|text=+|title=tentāculum}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-klom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culum", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tentāculum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tentāculum"> From tentō (“to feel, touch, try”) + -culum, literally “a thing used to feel”., {{m+|ru|щу́пальце}} Russian щу́пальце (ščúpalʹce) Head templates: {{la-noun|tentāculum<2>}} tentāculum n (genitive tentāculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tentāculum<2>}} Forms: tentāculum [canonical, neuter], tentāculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tentāculum [nominative, singular], tentācula [nominative, plural], tentāculī [genitive, singular], tentāculōrum [genitive, plural], tentāculō [dative, singular], tentāculīs [dative, plural], tentāculum [accusative, singular], tentācula [accusative, plural], tentāculō [ablative, singular], tentāculīs [ablative, plural], tentāculum [singular, vocative], tentācula [plural, vocative]
  1. (New Latin, zoology) a tentacle Tags: New-Latin, declension-2
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      "ipa": "[tenˈtaː.ku.lum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tentaculum"
}

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