-bulum
See also: bulum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *-ðlom, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom. Related to -trum, -brum, -culum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bʊ.ɫũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bu.lum] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-bulum n (genitive -bulī); second declension
- nominal suffix denoting instruments
- nominal suffix denoting vessels or places
Usage notes
Appears as -ābulum after nouns of the first and second declension:
- acētum + -bulum → acētābulum
- cūnae + -bulum → cūnābulum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -bulum | -bula |
| genitive | -bulī | -bulōrum |
| dative | -bulō | -bulīs |
| accusative | -bulum | -bula |
| ablative | -bulō | -bulīs |
| vocative | -bulum | -bula |
Derived terms
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin noun-forming suffixes
- Latin second declension suffixes
- Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension
- Latin neuter suffixes