Latin

Noun

pēnicillum n ‎(genitive pēnicillī); second declension

1. A painter's brush
2. (a particular style of) painting

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: pinzell
  • Portuguese: pincel
  • Spanish: pincel
• Italian: penicillo
• Old French: pincel
  • English: pencil
  • French: pinceau
  • German: Pinsel
    • Romanian: pensulă
• Portuguese: penicilo

References

• penicillum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “penicillum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.