foculum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From *foviculum, from foveō (“to warm”) + -culum (“instrumental suffix”). Attested once in Plautus and once in a gloss citing the former.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoː.ku.lum/, [ˈfoːkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ku.lum/, [ˈfɔːkulum]
Noun[edit]
fōculum n (genitive fōculī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fōculum | fōcula |
| Genitive | fōculī | fōculōrum |
| Dative | fōculō | fōculīs |
| Accusative | fōculum | fōcula |
| Ablative | fōculō | fōculīs |
| Vocative | fōculum | fōcula |
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
foculum
References[edit]
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “foveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
- “fōculum” in volume 6, column 1, line 987 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present