sarculum

Latin

Etymology

From sariō (“I hoe”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ku.lum/, [ˈs̠ärkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ku.lum/, [ˈsärkulum]

Noun

sarculum n (genitive sarculī); second declension

1. hoe

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sarculum	sarcula
Genitive	sarculī	sarculōrum
Dative	sarculō	sarculīs
Accusative	sarculum	sarcula
Ablative	sarculō	sarculīs
Vocative	sarculum	sarcula

Derived terms

• sarculō

Descendants

• Galician: sacho
• Italian: sarchio
• Portuguese: sacho
• Spanish: sacho, zarcillo

References

• “sarculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sarculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sarculum 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)
• sarculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sarculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sarculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin