-culum

See also: culum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ku.lum/, [kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ku.lum/, [kulum] (stressed on the antepenult)

Etymology 1

From -culus (diminutive suffix).

Suffix

1. nominative neuter singular of -culus
2. accusative masculine singular of -culus
3. accusative neuter singular of -culus
4. vocative neuter singular of -culus

Etymology 2

From (with anaptyxis) Proto-Italic *-klom, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, from *-trom. Compare stabulum, which comes from a similar suffix *-dʰlom. Despite the resemblance, osculum (which besides is never found in the form **osclum) and other diminutive nouns do not contain this suffix.

Alternative forms

• -clum
• -crum
• -ulum

Suffix

-culum n (genitive -culī); second declension

1. Suffix used to form some nouns derived from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-culum	-cula
Genitive	-culī	-culōrum
Dative	-culō	-culīs
Accusative	-culum	-cula
Ablative	-culō	-culīs
Vocative	-culum	-cula

See also

Latin terms suffixed with -culum

References

• CLARKSON, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
• Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, 2002, pp. 304-305.