offendiculum

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Latin

Etymology

From offendō (“to stumble; to commit an offence”) +‎ -culum.

Noun

offendiculum n (genitive offendiculī); second declension

  1. stumbling block, obstacle, hindrance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative offendiculum offendicula
genitive offendiculī offendiculōrum
dative offendiculō offendiculīs
accusative offendiculum offendicula
ablative offendiculō offendiculīs
vocative offendiculum offendicula

References

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