iaculus

Latin

Alternative forms

• jaculus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-kt

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder.

Latin iaciō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin iaculus

From iaciō (“to throw, hurl, cast, fling”) + -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈja.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjaː.ku.lus]

Adjective

iaculus (feminine iacula, neuter iaculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (chiefly substantively) that is thrown

   rēte iaculum ― casting net, fishnet

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	iaculus	iacula	iaculum		iaculī	iaculae	iacula
genitive	iaculī	iaculae	iaculī		iaculōrum	iaculārum	iaculōrum
dative	iaculō	iaculae	iaculō		iaculīs
accusative	iaculum	iaculam	iaculum		iaculōs	iaculās	iacula
ablative	iaculō	iaculā	iaculō		iaculīs
vocative	iacule	iacula	iaculum		iaculī	iaculae	iacula

Noun

iaculus m (genitive iaculī); second declension

1. synonym of iaculum (“cast net; net of the gladiator retiarius”)
2. a serpent that darts from a tree onto its prey
3. (dubious) lasso; sling or noose thrown over the horns of oxen
   • L. Iunii Moderati Columellae de re rustica libri (lib. 6, cap. 2, sect. 4); in: Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius[.] Quibus nunc accedit Vegetius de mulo-medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum cum editionibus prope omnibus et MSS. pluribus collati[.] Adiectae notae virorum clariss. integrae tum editae tum ineditae et lexicon rei rusticae curante Io. Matthia Gesnero [Nom. Io. Matthias Gesnerus], 1735, p. 572:

     Sed iaculi, quibus capulantur, [...]

     Note: In some other editions this is: "Sed laquei, quibus capulantur [...]".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	iaculus	iaculī
genitive	iaculī	iaculōrum
dative	iaculō	iaculīs
accusative	iaculum	iaculōs
ablative	iaculō	iaculīs
vocative	iacule	iaculī

Related terms

• iaciō
• iaculum

Further reading

• “jăcŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “jaculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 866.
• iaculus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 10-11