vernaculus

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Latin

Etymology

From verna +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vernāculus (feminine vernācula, neuter vernāculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular (originally of slaves)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative vernāculus vernācula vernāculum vernāculī vernāculae vernācula
Genitive vernāculī vernāculae vernāculī vernāculōrum vernāculārum vernāculōrum
Dative vernāculō vernāculō vernāculīs
Accusative vernāculum vernāculam vernāculum vernāculōs vernāculās vernācula
Ablative vernāculō vernāculā vernāculō vernāculīs
Vocative vernācule vernācula vernāculum vernāculī vernāculae vernācula

Descendants

References

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