redimiculum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from redimiō (I garland, encircle) +‎ -culum (suffix forming instrument nouns). Derivation from amiculum has been suggested, but the unusual nominal prefix and change in vowel length make this less likely.

Noun[edit]

redimīculum n (genitive redimīculī); second declension

  1. A band, necklace or girdle

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative redimīculum redimīcula
Genitive redimīculī redimīculōrum
Dative redimīculō redimīculīs
Accusative redimīculum redimīcula
Ablative redimīculō redimīculīs
Vocative redimīculum redimīcula

References[edit]

  • redimiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • redimiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • redimiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • redimiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • redimiculum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • redimiculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin