redimiculum

Latin

Etymology

Probably from redimiō (“I garland, encircle”) +‎ -culum (suffix forming instrument nouns). Derivation from amiculum has been suggested, but the unusual nominal prefix and change in vowel length make this less likely.

Noun

redimīculum n (genitive redimīculī); second declension

1. A band, necklace or girdle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	redimīculum	redimīcula
genitive	redimīculī	redimīculōrum
dative	redimīculō	redimīculīs
accusative	redimīculum	redimīcula
ablative	redimīculō	redimīculīs
vocative	redimīculum	redimīcula

References

• “redimiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “redimiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “redimiculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “redimiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• redimiculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “redimiculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin