English

Noun

abaculus ‎(plural abaculi)

1. (archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of abacus ‎(“a square board”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ ‎(ábax, “board”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈba.ku.lus/

Noun

abaculus m ‎(genitive abaculī); second declension

1. abaculus

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: abaculus
• French: abacule
• Portuguese: abáculo

References

• abaculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “abaculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• abaculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abaculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin