viculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A diminutive form of vīcus (“a village”, “a street”), formed as: vīcus + -ulus (suffix forming diminutives).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯iː.ku.lus/, [ˈu̯iːkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ku.lus/, [ˈviːkulus]
Noun
[edit]vīculus m (genitive vīculī); second declension
- a small village or hamlet
- (Medieval Latin) a minor lane, side-street, or alley
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīculus | vīculī |
| genitive | vīculī | vīculōrum |
| dative | vīculō | vīculīs |
| accusative | vīculum | vīculōs |
| ablative | vīculō | vīculīs |
| vocative | vīcule | vīculī |
Synonyms
[edit]- (minor lane, side-street, alley): angiportus (Classical)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “vīcŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “viculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- viculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- vīcŭlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,673/3.
- “uīculus” on page 2,058/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “viculus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,097/2