ramulus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ramulus.

Noun

ramulus (plural ramuli)

1. (zoology) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.

Derived terms

• ramuliferous

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of rāmus.

Noun

rāmulus m (genitive rāmulī); second declension

1. a little branch or bough, twig

   Synonyms: turiō, surculus

2. a sprig

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rāmulus	rāmulī
genitive	rāmulī	rāmulōrum
dative	rāmulō	rāmulīs
accusative	rāmulum	rāmulōs
ablative	rāmulō	rāmulīs
vocative	rāmule	rāmulī

Derived terms

• rāmulōsus

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • ⇒? Romanian: ramură (unlikely)
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: *ramolo, ⇒ ramolato

Borrowings:

• → English: ramulus, ramule
• → French: ramule
• → Italian: ramulo
• → Portuguese: râmulo
• → Translingual: Ramulus

References

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