coagulum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coagulum.

Noun

coagulum (plural coagulums or coagula)

  1. A mass of coagulated material; a clot or curd

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

  • quaglum (rare, Late or Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From cogo (“I collect”).

Noun

coagulum

  1. tie, bond, binding agent
  2. curd
  3. rennet
  4. thickening, congealing

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative coāgulum coāgula
genitive coāgulī coāgulōrum
dative coāgulō coāgulīs
accusative coāgulum coāgula
ablative coāgulō coāgulīs
vocative coāgulum coāgula

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: cheag, coagul (borrowed)
  • Sardinian: callu, cazu, cracu, cragu, giagu
  • Sassarese: ciaggu
  • Sicilian: quagghiu, quagliu
  • Spanish: cuajo, coágulo (borrowed)
  • Venetian: cajo, caio, cagio, conajo

References

  • coagulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coagulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coagulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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