bacillum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === bacillus === Etymology === Diminutive of baculum (“staff, walking stick”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [baˈkɪl.lũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [baˈt͡ʃil.lum] === Noun === bacillum n (genitive bacillī); second declension A small staff or wand. The shaft or handle of a tool or weapon. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== → Serbo-Croatian: bàcīl/ба̀цӣл See also: imbecillus === References === “bacillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bacillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "bacillum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “bacillum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.