deverticulum

Latin

Alternative forms

• dēvorticulum
• dīverticulum

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-etor

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin dēvertō

Latin -i-

Latin -culum

Latin dēverticulum

From dēvertō (“to turn away, turn aside”) + -i- + -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deː.wɛrˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.verˈtiː.ku.lum]

Noun

dēverticulum n (genitive dēverticulī); second declension

1. A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.
2. (figuratively) A deviation, digression.

   Synonyms: dēviātiō, dīgressiō, ēgressiō, ēgressus, excessus

3. A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.
4. (figuratively) A refuge, retreat, lurking-place.

   Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, asȳlum, tēctum, receptāculum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	dēverticulum	dēverticula
genitive	dēverticulī	dēverticulōrum
dative	dēverticulō	dēverticulīs
accusative	dēverticulum	dēverticula
ablative	dēverticulō	dēverticulīs
vocative	dēverticulum	dēverticula

Synonyms

• (inn): hospitāculum, hospitium

Related terms

• dēvertō
• dēversus

References

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