viculus
Latin
Etymology
A diminutive form of vīcus (“a village”, “a street”), formed as: vīcus + -ulus (suffix forming diminutives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.ku.lus/, [ˈwiː.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ku.lus/, [ˈviː.ku.lus]
Noun
vīculus m (genitive vīculī); second declension
- a small vilage or hamlet
- (Medieval Latin) a minor lane, side-street, or alley
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vīculus | vīculī |
| Genitive | vīculī | vīculōrum |
| Dative | vīculō | vīculīs |
| Accusative | vīculum | vīculōs |
| Ablative | vīculō | vīculīs |
| Vocative | vīcule | vīculī |
Synonyms
- (minor lane, side-street, alley): angiportus (Classical)
Descendants
- Italian: vicolo
References
- vīcŭlus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- viculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- viculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- vīcŭlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,673/3
- “uīculus” on page 2,058/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “viculus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1,097/2
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