vericulum

Latin

Etymology

From verū (“dart”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

vericulum n (genitive vericulī); second declension

a small pointed rod

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vericulum	vericula
Genitive	vericulī	vericulōrum
Dative	vericulō	vericulīs
Accusative	vericulum	vericula
Ablative	vericulō	vericulīs
Vocative	vericulum	vericula

Descendants

Italian: verricchio (Lucca)
Old French: vereil
Vulgar Latin: *verruculum (see there for further descendants)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĕrĭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 285

Further reading

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

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