laterculus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A diminutive form of later, formed as later (a brick or tile) + -culus (suffix forming diminutives).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈter.ku.lus/, [ɫaˈtɛr.kʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

laterculus m (genitive laterculī); second declension

  1. (literally) a small brick or tile
  2. (transferred senses):
    1. a kind of pastry (so called because of its being shaped like a tile)
    2. (among the agrīmēnsōrēs) a tile-shaped piece of land

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular Plural
nominative laterculus laterculī
genitive laterculī laterculōrum
dative laterculō laterculīs
accusative laterculum laterculōs
ablative laterculō laterculīs
vocative latercule laterculī
locative laterculī laterculīs

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References

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