ramusculus

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Latin

Etymology

From rāmus (“branch”) +‎ -usculus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

rāmusculus m (genitive rāmusculī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. little branch
  2. twig

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rāmusculus rāmusculī
genitive rāmusculī rāmusculōrum
dative rāmusculō rāmusculīs
accusative rāmusculum rāmusculōs
ablative rāmusculō rāmusculīs
vocative rāmuscule rāmusculī

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *rāmuscellum (see there for further descendants)

References

  • “ramusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ramusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • ramusculus 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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