cooperculum

Latin

Etymology

From cooperiō (“to cover”) +‎ -culum. See also operculum.

Noun

cooperculum n (genitive cooperculī); second declension

  1. lid, cover

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cooperculum coopercula
Genitive cooperculī cooperculōrum
Dative cooperculō cooperculīs
Accusative cooperculum coopercula
Ablative cooperculō cooperculīs
Vocative cooperculum coopercula

Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: coperchio
    • Sicilian: cuverchiu, cuperchiu
  • Padanian:
    • Emilian: cuèrcc
    • Friulian: cuviercli
    • Ligurian: covèrcio, coèrcio
    • Lombard: cuèrcc
    • Piedmontese: cuèrcc, cuvercc, ciuèrc
    • Romagnol: cuércc, cuérce
    • Venetian: covercio, coercio, cuercio
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: copérciu, copercu, covecu, cobecu, cobercu, cropecu, cuprecu
  • Vulgar Latin: *coopercellum
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
      • Old Catalan: cobrecel (influenced by cel)
      • Old Occitan: cobercel, cobrecel
        • ⇒ Languedocien: cabucèla
        • Provençal: curbecèu
        • Vivaro-Alpine: cuberceu

References
  • “cooperculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cooperculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • cooperculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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