iaculus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From iaciō (“I throw, hurl, cast, fling”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

iaculus (feminine iacula, neuter iaculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (chiefly substantively) that is thrown
    rēte iaculum ― casting net, fishnet

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative iaculus iacula iaculum iaculī iaculae iacula
genitive iaculī iaculae iaculī iaculōrum iaculārum iaculōrum
dative iaculō iaculae iaculō iaculīs
accusative iaculum iaculam iaculum iaculōs iaculās iacula
ablative iaculō iaculā iaculō iaculīs
vocative iacule iacula iaculum iaculī iaculae iacula

Noun

iaculus m (genitive iaculī); second declension

  1. Synonym of iaculum (“cast net; net of the gladiator retiarius”)
  2. a serpent that darts from a tree onto its prey
  3. (dubious) lasso; sling or noose thrown over the horns of oxen
    • L. Iunii Moderati Columellae de re rustica libri (lib. 6, cap. 2, sect. 4); in: Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius Quibus nunc accedit Vegetius de mulo-medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum cum editionibus prope omnibus et MSS. pluribus collati Adiectae notae virorum clariss. integrae tum editae tum ineditae et lexicon rei rusticae curante Io. Matthia Gesnero , 1735, p. 572:
      Sed iaculi, quibus capulantur,
      Note: In some other editions this is: "Sed laquei, quibus capulantur ".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iaculus iaculī
genitive iaculī iaculōrum
dative iaculō iaculīs
accusative iaculum iaculōs
ablative iaculō iaculīs
vocative iacule iaculī

Further reading

  • “jăcŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • jaculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 866.
  • iaculus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 10-11
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