Latin

Alternative forms

• dēvorticulum
• dīverticulum

Noun

dēverticulum n ‎(genitive dēverticulī); second declension

1. A byroad, bypath, side-way; tributary.
2. (figuratively) A deviation, digression.
3. A place for travellers to put up; an inn, lodging.
4. (figuratively) A refuge, retreat, lurking-place.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (inn): hospitāculum, hospitium

Related terms

• dēvertō
• dēversus

References

• deverticulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deverticulum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “deverticulum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.