latusculum

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Latin

Etymology

From latus (side, flank) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

latusculum n (genitive latusculī); second declension

  1. (of objects) little side
  2. (of people) little flank

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

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