nucifrangibulum

Latin

Etymology

From nux (“nut”) + frangō (“break”) +‎ -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nu.ki.franˈɡi.bu.lum/, [nʊkɪfräŋˈɡɪbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.t͡ʃi.franˈd͡ʒi.bu.lum/, [nut͡ʃifrän̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːbulum]

Noun

nucifrangibulum n (genitive nucifrangibulī); second declension

1. nutcracker

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nucifrangibulum	nucifrangibula
Genitive	nucifrangibulī	nucifrangibulōrum
Dative	nucifrangibulō	nucifrangibulīs
Accusative	nucifrangibulum	nucifrangibula
Ablative	nucifrangibulō	nucifrangibulīs
Vocative	nucifrangibulum	nucifrangibula

References

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