latusculum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin latus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culum

Latin latusculum

From latus (“side, flank”) + -culum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

latusculum n (genitive latusculī); second declension

1. (of objects) little side
2. (of people) little flank

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	latusculum	latuscula
genitive	latusculī	latusculōrum
dative	latusculō	latusculīs
accusative	latusculum	latuscula
ablative	latusculō	latusculīs
vocative	latusculum	latuscula

References

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