vinclum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vinculum === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪŋ.kɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviŋ.klum] === Noun === vinclum n (genitive vinclī); second declension alternative form of vinculum ("any instrument whereby anything is bound or tied up") (figuratively) a bond, obligation, binding force, tie, especially of marriage ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “vinclum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers