baculum
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin baculum (“stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel”)
Pronunciation
Noun
baculum (plural baculums or bacula)
- A bone found in the penis of some mammals.
- 2018, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian, 24 January:
- Bacula can be straight rods, s-shaped curves, or even bizarre, flared scoops.
- 2018, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian, 24 January:
- A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen.
Synonyms
Translations
bone found in the penis of some mammals
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
baculum n (plural bacula)
Latin
Alternative forms
- baculus (rare)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bakklom, from *bak- (“stick”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron), βακτηρία (baktēría), English peg. See also beccus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈba.ku.lum/, [ˈbäkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈba.ku.lum/, [ˈbäːkulum]
Noun
baculum n (genitive baculī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | baculum | bacula |
Genitive | baculī | baculōrum |
Dative | baculō | baculīs |
Accusative | baculum | bacula |
Ablative | baculō | baculīs |
Vocative | baculum | bacula |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: bàcul
- English: baculum
- French: bâcle
- Galician: bagoo (archaic), báculo (borrowing)
- Irish: bachall
- Italian: abbacchio, bacchio, bacolo
- Portuguese báculo
- Spanish báculo
References
- “baculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “baculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- baculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “baculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “baculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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