deverticulum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === dēvorticulum dīverticulum === Etymology === From dēvertō (“to turn away, turn aside”) + -i- + -culum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deː.wɛrˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [de.verˈtiː.ku.lum] === Noun === dēverticulum n (genitive dēverticulī); second declension A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary. (figuratively) A deviation, digression. Synonyms: dēviātiō, dīgressiō, ēgressiō, ēgressus, excessus A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging. (figuratively) A refuge, retreat, lurking-place. Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, asȳlum, tēctum, receptāculum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Synonyms ==== (inn): hospitāculum, hospitium ==== Related terms ==== dēvertō dēversus === References === “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “deverticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “deverticulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.