abaculus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin abaculus, diminutive of abacus. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbæk.jə.ləs/ Rhymes: -ækjʊləs === Noun === abaculus (plural abaculi) (archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From abacus (“a square board, tablet, panel”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈba.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈbaː.ku.lus] === Noun === abaculus m (genitive abaculī); second declension diminutive of abacus (“square tablet, panel”): abaculus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: abaculus → French: abacule → Portuguese: abáculo === References === “abaculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abaculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “abaculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “abaculus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin