saxulum

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Latin

Etymology

From saxum (“rock, stone”) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.su.lum/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsak.su.lum/,

Noun

saxulum n (genitive saxulī); second declension

(diminutive of saxum) a little rock, pebble

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	saxulum	saxula
genitive	saxulī	saxulōrum
dative	saxulō	saxulīs
accusative	saxulum	saxula
ablative	saxulō	saxulīs
vocative	saxulum	saxula

References

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

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