tigillum

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Latin

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Diminutive form of tignum (same process as that in sigillum < signum).

Noun

[edit]

tigillum n (genitive tigillī); second declension (Diminutive of: tignum)

  1. small piece of wood
  2. small beam
  3. (Late Latin, alchemy) a crucible, a cupel, referring to the Crucifixion

Declension

[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tigillum tigilla
Genitive tigillī tigillōrum
Dative tigillō tigillīs
Accusative tigillum tigilla
Ablative tigillō tigillīs
Vocative tigillum tigilla

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Galician: tilla

References

[edit]
  • tigillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tigillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tigillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.