foculus

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Latin

Etymology

focus +‎ -ulus

Noun

foculus m (genitive foculī); second declension

  1. brazier
  2. chafing dish

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative foculus foculī
genitive foculī foculōrum
dative foculō foculīs
accusative foculum foculōs
ablative foculō foculīs
vocative focule foculī

References

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