tusculum

See also: Tusculum

Latin

Etymology

From tūs (“incense”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtuːs.kʊ.ɫũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtus.ku.lum]

Noun

tūsculum n (genitive tūsculī); second declension

diminutive of tūs; alternative form of thūsculum (“small amount of incense”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tūsculum	tūscula
genitive	tūsculī	tūsculōrum
dative	tūsculō	tūsculīs
accusative	tūsculum	tūscula
ablative	tūsculō	tūsculīs
vocative	tūsculum	tūscula

References

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