laterculum

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈter.ku.lum/, [ɫ̪äˈt̪ɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈter.ku.lum/, [läˈt̪ɛrkulum]

Etymology 1

From later (“tile”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix), by analogy of shape.[1]

Noun

laterculum n (genitive laterculī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. register, list
  2. (specifically) a register of all the offices and dignities of the Roman Empire
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative laterculum latercula
Genitive laterculī laterculōrum
Dative laterculō laterculīs
Accusative laterculum latercula
Ablative laterculō laterculīs
Vocative laterculum latercula
Derived terms

References
  1. Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “later”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 343

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of laterculus (“a small brick or tile”).

Noun

laterculum m

  1. accusative singular of laterculus
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