discerniculum

Latin

Etymology

From discernō +‎ -culum.

Noun

discerniculum n (genitive discerniculī); second declension

1. bodkin, hairpin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	discerniculum	discernicula
Genitive	discerniculī	discerniculōrum
Dative	discerniculō	discerniculīs
Accusative	discerniculum	discernicula
Ablative	discerniculō	discerniculīs
Vocative	discerniculum	discernicula

References

• “discerniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• discerniculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.