genuculum

Latin

Etymology

Modification of earlier geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

Noun

genuculum n (genitive genuculī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. knee

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative genuculum genucula
genitive genuculī genuculōrum
dative genuculō genuculīs
accusative genuculum genucula
ablative genuculō genuculīs
vocative genuculum genucula

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “genŭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 115
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