decidiculum

Latin

Etymology

From dēcidō (“to fall down, drop, sink; to hang”) +‎ -culum (suffix forming instrument nouns).

Noun

dēcidiculum n (genitive dēcidiculī); second declension

1. (New Latin) parachute

   Anglī Francogallīque mīlitēs dēcidiculō ad Canālem missī exercitum Aegyptiācum facilē fugant

   The English and French soldiers, sent by parachute across the Channel, easily routed the Egyptian army.

   • from EPISTULA LEONINA CCLXXXVIII

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	dēcidiculum	dēcidicula
genitive	dēcidiculī	dēcidiculōrum
dative	dēcidiculō	dēcidiculīs
accusative	dēcidiculum	dēcidicula
ablative	dēcidiculō	dēcidiculīs
vocative	dēcidiculum	dēcidicula