umbraculum

English

Etymology

From Latin umbrāculum.

Noun

umbraculum (plural umbracula)

1. (botany) Any umbrella-shaped appendage, such as the cap borne on the seta of Marchantia.
2. A place giving shelter; a pavilion, a summerhouse, etc.

Latin

Etymology

From umbra (“shadow”) or the derived verb umbrō (“to shade, shadow”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

umbrāculum n (genitive umbrāculī); second declension

1. shade, shelter
2. parasol, umbrella
3. bower, arbour (shady retreat)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	umbrāculum	umbrācula
genitive	umbrāculī	umbrāculōrum
dative	umbrāculō	umbrāculīs
accusative	umbrāculum	umbrācula
ablative	umbrāculō	umbrāculīs
vocative	umbrāculum	umbrācula

Descendants

• → Catalan: umbracle
• → English: umbraculum
• → Translingual: Umbraculum

References

• “umbraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “umbraculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “umbraculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to exert oneself in the schools: desudare in scholae umbra or umbraculis
    
• “umbraculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• umbraculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “umbraculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin