foculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der.?
Latin focus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin foculus

    From focus + -ulus.

    Noun

    foculus m (genitive foculī); second declension

    1. brazier
    2. chafing dish

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative foculus foculī
    genitive foculī foculōrum
    dative foculō foculīs
    accusative foculum foculōs
    ablative foculō foculīs
    vocative focule foculī

    References

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