foculum
Latin
Etymology 1
From *foviculum, from foveō (“to warm”) + -culum (“instrumental suffix”). Attested once in Plautus and once in a gloss citing the former.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfoː.kʊ.ɫũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔː.ku.lum]
Noun
fōculum n (genitive fōculī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fōculum | fōcula |
| genitive | fōculī | fōculōrum |
| dative | fōculō | fōculīs |
| accusative | fōculum | fōcula |
| ablative | fōculō | fōculīs |
| vocative | fōculum | fōcula |
Etymology 2
Noun
foculum
- accusative singular of foculus
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “foveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
- “fōculum” in volume 6, column 1, line 987 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present