alterculum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === altercum === Etymology === From altercum, of unknown origin +‎ -ulus. Pliny ascribes the terms altercum, altercangenum to “the Arabs”, so perhaps from a Semitic language. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈtɛr.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈtɛr.ku.lum] === Noun === alterculum n (genitive alterculī); second declension The henbane ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “alterculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “alterculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press