vermiculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of vermis (“worm”).

Noun

vermiculus m (genitive vermiculī); second declension

  1. a little worm or grub in decaying things.
    1. a disease of dogs which drives them mad.
    2. (Late Latin) the scarlet worm for coccum (“scarlet color”).

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vermiculus vermiculī
genitive vermiculī vermiculōrum
dative vermiculō vermiculīs
accusative vermiculum vermiculōs
ablative vermiculō vermiculīs
vocative vermicule vermiculī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aragonese: vermello
  • Asturian: bermeyu, bermeichu, bermechu, bermiyu, berméu, mermechu, mermeichu, mermeyu, bermichu, mermichu
  • Catalan: vermell
  • Emilian: varméi, varmélli
  • Italian: vermiglio
  • Mirandese: burmeilho
  • Old French: vermeil, vermail, vermoil
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: vermelho
  • Old Occitan: vermelh
  • Old Spanish: vermejo, uermego, uermeio, vermeio, vermello (non-standardized spellings)
  • Piedmontese: vermej
  • Borrowings:

References

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