marmusculum

Latin

Etymology

From marmor, marmur +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix), irregularly formed by the influence of diminutives from s-stem nouns such as corpusculum from corpus (genitive corporis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /marˈmus.ku.lum/, [märˈmʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /marˈmus.ku.lum/, [märˈmuskulum]

Noun

marmusculum n (genitive marmusculī); second declension

1. A small object made from marble

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marmusculum	marmuscula
Genitive	marmusculī	marmusculōrum
Dative	marmusculō	marmusculīs
Accusative	marmusculum	marmuscula
Ablative	marmusculō	marmusculīs
Vocative	marmusculum	marmuscula

References

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