iaculus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === jaculus === Etymology === From iaciō (“I throw, hurl, cast, fling”) +‎ -ulus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈja.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjaː.ku.lus] === Adjective === iaculus (feminine iacula, neuter iaculum); first/second-declension adjective (chiefly substantively) that is thrown rēte iaculum ― casting net, fishnet ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === iaculus m (genitive iaculī); second declension synonym of iaculum (“cast net; net of the gladiator retiarius”) a serpent that darts from a tree onto its prey (dubious) lasso; sling or noose thrown over the horns of oxen L. Iunii Moderati Columellae de re rustica libri (lib. 6, cap. 2, sect. 4); in: Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius[.] Quibus nunc accedit Vegetius de mulo-medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum cum editionibus prope omnibus et MSS. pluribus collati[.] Adiectae notae virorum clariss. integrae tum editae tum ineditae et lexicon rei rusticae curante Io. Matthia Gesnero [Nom. Io. Matthias Gesnerus], 1735, p. 572: Sed iaculi, quibus capulantur, [...] Note: In some other editions this is: "Sed laquei, quibus capulantur [...]". ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === Related terms === === Further reading === “jăcŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “jaculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 866. iaculus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 10-11