ostiolum

== English == === Noun === ostiolum (plural ostiola) Alternative form of ostiole. == Latin == === Etymology === From ōstium + -olum (diminutive suffix). === Noun === ōstiolum n (genitive ōstiolī); second declension diminutive of ōstium (“door”): small door ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ostiolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ostiolum", 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) “ostiolum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.