tigillum

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of tignum (same process as that in sigillum < signum).

Noun

tigillum n (genitive tigillī); second declension (Diminutive of: tignum)

  1. small piece of wood
  2. small beam
  3. (Late Latin, alchemy) a crucible, a cupel, referring to the Crucifixion

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative tigillum tigilla
genitive tigillī tigillōrum
dative tigillō tigillīs
accusative tigillum tigilla
ablative tigillō tigillīs
vocative tigillum tigilla

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: tilla

References

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