iaculum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From iaculus, from iaciō (“I throw”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈi̯a.ku.lum/, [ˈi̯äkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈja.ku.lum/, [ˈjäːkulum]
Noun
iaculum n (genitive iaculī); second declension
- A dart, a javelin
- C. Iulii Caesaris commentarii de bello Gallico. Für den Schulgebrauch erklärt von Dr. Albert Doberenz. Sechste Auflage, 1874, p. 157 (lib. V, cap. 43) and p. 160 (lib. V, cap. 45):
- Septimo oppugnationis die maximo coorto vento ferventes fusili ex argilla glandes fundis et fervefacta iacula in casas, quae more Gallico stramentis erant tectae, iacere coeperunt.
- Has ille in iaculo illigatas effert et Gallus inter Gallos sine ulla suspicione versatus ad Caesarem pervenit.
- C. Iulii Caesaris commentarii de bello Gallico. Für den Schulgebrauch erklärt von Dr. Albert Doberenz. Sechste Auflage, 1874, p. 157 (lib. V, cap. 43) and p. 160 (lib. V, cap. 45):
- A casting net, the weapon of a retiarius
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iaculum | iacula |
| Genitive | iaculī | iaculōrum |
| Dative | iaculō | iaculīs |
| Accusative | iaculum | iacula |
| Ablative | iaculō | iaculīs |
| Vocative | iaculum | iacula |
Derived terms
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References
- “iaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iaculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “iaculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers