"vermiculus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: From vermis (“worm”) + -culus (forming diminutives). Etymology templates: {{af|la|vermis|-culus|pos2=forming diminutives|t1=worm}} vermis (“worm”) + -culus (forming diminutives) Head templates: {{la-noun|vermiculus<2>}} vermiculus m (genitive vermiculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vermiculus<2>}} Forms: vermiculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vermiculus [nominative, singular], vermiculī [nominative, plural], vermiculī [genitive, singular], vermiculōrum [genitive, plural], vermiculō [dative, singular], vermiculīs [dative, plural], vermiculum [accusative, singular], vermiculōs [accusative, plural], vermiculō [ablative, singular], vermiculīs [ablative, plural], vermicule [singular, vocative], vermiculī [plural, vocative]
  1. a little worm or grub in decaying things.
    a disease of dogs which drives them mad.
    Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-vermiculus-la-noun-YpOMIT9L Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 45 55
  2. a little worm or grub in decaying things.
    (Late Latin) the scarlet worm for coccum (“scarlet color”).
    Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-vermiculus-la-noun-M4QRuS54 Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -culus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 45 55 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culus: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vermiculāris, vermiculātus, vermiculor

Inflected forms

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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vermicule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vermiculī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vermiculus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "vermiculus m (genitive vermiculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vermiculus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a little worm or grub in decaying things.",
        "a disease of dogs which drives them mad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worm",
          "worm"
        ],
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ],
        [
          "decaying",
          "decaying"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ],
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a little worm or grub in decaying things.",
        "the scarlet worm for coccum (“scarlet color”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worm",
          "worm"
        ],
        [
          "grub",
          "grub"
        ],
        [
          "decaying",
          "decaying"
        ],
        [
          "scarlet",
          "scarlet"
        ],
        [
          "coccum",
          "coccum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a little worm or grub in decaying things.",
        "(Late Latin) the scarlet worm for coccum (“scarlet color”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vermiculus"
}

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