signaculum

Latin

Etymology

From signō +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɪŋˈnaː.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siɲˈɲaː.ku.lum]

Noun

signāculum n (genitive signāculī); second declension

1. mark, sign
2. seal, signet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	signāculum	signācula
genitive	signāculī	signāculōrum
dative	signāculō	signāculīs
accusative	signāculum	signācula
ablative	signāculō	signāculīs
vocative	signāculum	signācula

Descendants

• Italian: segnacchio
• Spanish: signáculo

References

• “signaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "signaculum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “signaculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.