arculata

Latin

Etymology

From the neuter plural of an adjective *arculātus, derived from the suffix -ātus added to arculus, arculum, or arcula.

Noun

arculāta n pl (genitive arculātōrum); second declension

  1. sacrificial cakes.
    • 8th century CE, Paulus Diaconus, Karl Otfried Müller, editor, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 16:
      Arculata dicebantur circuli, qui ex farina in sacrificiis fiebant.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative arculāta
Genitive arculātōrum
Dative arculātīs
Accusative arculāta
Ablative arculātīs
Vocative arculāta

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