-culum

See also: culum

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ku.lum/, [kʊ.ɫũ] (stressed on the antepenult)

Etymology 1

From -culus (diminutive suffix).

Suffix

-culum

  1. nominative neuter singular of -culus
  2. accusative masculine singular of -culus
  3. accusative neuter singular of -culus
  4. vocative neuter singular of -culus

Etymology 2

From (with anaptyxis) Proto-Italic *-klom, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, from *-trom. Compare stabulum, which comes from a similar suffix *-dʰlom. Despite the resemblance, osculum (which besides is never found in the form **osclum) and other diminutive nouns do not contain this suffix.

Alternative forms

Suffix

-culum n (genitive -culī); second declension

  1. Suffix used to form some nouns derived from verbs, particularly nouns representing tools and instruments.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -culum -cula
Genitive -culī -culōrum
Dative -culō -culīs
Accusative -culum -cula
Ablative -culō -culīs
Vocative -culum -cula

See also
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-culum' title='Category:Latin words suffixed with -culum'>Latin words suffixed with -culum</a>

References
  • CLARKSON, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
  • Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, 2002, pp. 304-305.
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