ramusculus

Latin

Etymology

rāmus (“branch”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

rāmusculus m (genitive rāmusculī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. little branch
  2. twig

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative rāmusculus rāmusculī
genitive rāmusculī rāmusculōrum
dative rāmusculō rāmusculīs
accusative rāmusculum rāmusculōs
ablative rāmusculō rāmusculīs
vocative rāmuscule rāmusculī

Descendants

  • Italian: ramoscello (through an unattested *ramuscellus form)

References

  • ramusculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ramusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • ramusculus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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