ostiolum
Latin
Etymology
Noun
ostiolum n (genitive ostiolī); second declension (Diminutive of: ostium)
- small door
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ostiolum | ostiola |
| Genitive | ostiolī | ostiolōrum |
| Dative | ostiolō | ostiolīs |
| Accusative | ostiolum | ostiola |
| Ablative | ostiolō | ostiolīs |
| Vocative | ostiolum | ostiola |
Descendants
- English: ostiole
- French: ostiole
- Galician: ichó
- Italian: ostiolo
- Portuguese: ichó, ostíolo
- Romanian: ușor
References
- “ostiolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ostiolum 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)
- ostiolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.