veretillum

== Latin == === Etymology === See veretilla. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛ.rɛˈtɪl.lũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ve.reˈtil.lum] === Noun === veretillum n (genitive veretillī); second declension Alternative reading of veretilla ==== Usage notes ==== The gender and declension of this word in Apuleius is uncertain, as editors vary on whether the correct reading is neuter accusative singular "veretillum", neuter accusative plural "veretilla", or feminine accusative singular "veretillam". Thus, the true form might instead be feminine veretilla. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “veretillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press