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vermiculus

vermiculus

Latin

Noun

vermiculus m ‎(genitive vermiculī); second declension

grub, larva

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vermiculus	vermiculī
genitive	vermiculī	vermiculōrum
dative	vermiculō	vermiculīs
accusative	vermiculum	vermiculōs
ablative	vermiculō	vermiculīs
vocative	vermicule	vermiculī

Descendants

Aragonese: vermello
Asturian: bermeyu, bermeichu, bermechu, bermiyu, berméu, mermechu, mermeichu, mermeyu, bermichu, mermichu
Catalan: vermell
Emilian: varméi, varmélli
English: vermilion
French: vermeil

Galician: vermello
Guinea-Bissau Creole: burmedju
Italian: vermiglio
Korlai Creole Portuguese: birmel
Kristang: bremelu
Mirandese: burmeilho
Occitan: vermelh
Old Portuguese: vermello

Old Spanish: vermeio
Piedmontese: vermej
Portuguese: vermelho, vermículo (borrowing)
Spanish: bermejo

References

vermiculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
VERMICULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vermiculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.