marmusculum

Latin

Etymology

From marmor, marmur +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix), irregularly formed by the influence of diminutives from s-stem nouns such as corpusculum from corpus (genitive corporis).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /marˈmus.ku.lum/, [märˈmʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /marˈmus.ku.lum/, [märˈmuskulum]

Noun

marmusculum n (genitive marmusculī); second declension

A small object made from marble

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marmusculum	marmuscula
Genitive	marmusculī	marmusculōrum
Dative	marmusculō	marmusculīs
Accusative	marmusculum	marmuscula
Ablative	marmusculō	marmusculīs
Vocative	marmusculum	marmuscula

References

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

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