deverticulum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dēvertō (“I turn away, turn aside”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deː.u̯erˈti.ku.lum/, [d̪eːu̯ɛrˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.verˈti.ku.lum/, [d̪everˈt̪iːkulum]
Noun
dēverticulum n (genitive dēverticulī); second declension
- A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.
- (figuratively) A deviation, digression.
- A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.
- (figuratively) A refuge, retreat, lurking-place.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēverticulum | dēverticula |
| Genitive | dēverticulī | dēverticulōrum |
| Dative | dēverticulō | dēverticulīs |
| Accusative | dēverticulum | dēverticula |
| Ablative | dēverticulō | dēverticulīs |
| Vocative | dēverticulum | dēverticula |
Synonyms
- (inn): hospitāculum, hospitium
Related terms
References
- “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deverticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.