discerniculum

Latin

Etymology

From discernō +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪs.kɛrˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [diʃ.ʃerˈniː.ku.lum]

Noun

discerniculum n (genitive discerniculī); second declension

1. bodkin, hairpin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	discerniculum	discernicula
genitive	discerniculī	discerniculōrum
dative	discerniculō	discerniculīs
accusative	discerniculum	discernicula
ablative	discerniculō	discerniculīs
vocative	discerniculum	discernicula

References

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