vasculum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin vasculum (“small vessel”).
Noun
[edit]vasculum (plural vasculums or vascula)
- A container used by botanists to store newly-collected samples.
- 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter XIII, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 108:
- ‘Here,’ Jonas said, and picked up a brass vasculum. Unscrewing the lid he emptied it of herbs […] .
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive from vās (“vessel”) + -culum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aːs.ku.lum/, [ˈu̯äːs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvas.ku.lum/, [ˈväskulum]
Noun
[edit]vāsculum n (genitive vāsculī); second declension
- A small vessel or container.
- A small beehive.
- (by extension) A seed-capsule or seed-vessel.
- (by extension) The calyx of a fruit.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | vāsculum | vāscula |
genitive | vāsculī | vāsculōrum |
dative | vāsculō | vāsculīs |
accusative | vāsculum | vāscula |
ablative | vāsculō | vāsculīs |
vocative | vāsculum | vāscula |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “vasculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vasculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vasculum 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)
- vasculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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