vernaculus

Latin

Etymology

From verna +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈnaː.ku.lus/, [u̯ɛrˈnäːkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈna.ku.lus/, [verˈnäːkulus]

Adjective

vernāculus (feminine vernācula, neuter vernāculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular (originally of slaves)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	vernāculus	vernācula	vernāculum		vernāculī	vernāculae	vernācula
Genitive	vernāculī	vernāculae	vernāculī		vernāculōrum	vernāculārum	vernāculōrum
Dative	vernāculō		vernāculō		vernāculīs
Accusative	vernāculum	vernāculam	vernāculum		vernāculōs	vernāculās	vernācula
Ablative	vernāculō	vernāculā	vernāculō		vernāculīs
Vocative	vernācule	vernācula	vernāculum		vernāculī	vernāculae	vernācula

Descendants

• Catalan: vernacle
• English: vernacular
  • →⇒ Irish: béarlagair
• French: vernaculaire
• Galician: vernáculo
• Italian: vernacolo
• Portuguese: vernáculo
• Spanish: vernáculo

References

• “vernaculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vernaculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vernaculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.