mulctrum

Latin

Etymology

From mulg(eō)- (“to milk”) +‎ -trum (“instrumental suffix”), reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- + *-trom.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmulk.trum/, [ˈmʊɫ̪kt̪rʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmulk.trum/, [ˈmulkt̪rum]

Noun

mulctrum n (genitive mulctrī); second declension

milk-pail

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mulctrum	mulctra
Genitive	mulctrī	mulctrōrum
Dative	mulctrō	mulctrīs
Accusative	mulctrum	mulctra
Ablative	mulctrō	mulctrīs
Vocative	mulctrum	mulctra

Synonyms

mulctra
mulgāre

Derived terms

mulctrārium
mulctrāle

Related terms

mulgeō
immulgeō
prōmulgeō
mulctrō
mulctōrium
mulctrīx
mulctūra
mulctus

References

“mulctrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“mulctrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mulctrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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