deverticulum

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dēvertō (“I turn away, turn aside”) +‎ -i- +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēverticulum n (genitive dēverticulī); second declension

  1. A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.
  2. (figuratively) A deviation, digression.
    Synonyms: dēviātiō, dīgressiō, ēgressiō, ēgressus, excessus
  3. A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.
  4. (figuratively) A refuge, retreat, lurking-place.
    Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, asȳlum, tēctum, receptāculum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative dēverticulum dēverticula
genitive dēverticulī dēverticulōrum
dative dēverticulō dēverticulīs
accusative dēverticulum dēverticula
ablative dēverticulō dēverticulīs
vocative dēverticulum dēverticula

Synonyms

References

  • “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • deverticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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