noun · neutersecond declension
arculāta
arculāta n pl (genitive arculātōrum)
Meaning
- sacrificial cakes.
Arculata dicebantur circuli, qui ex farina in sacrificiis fiebant.
1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 16, line 9:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | arculāta |
| genitive | — | arculātōrum |
| dative | — | arculātīs |
| accusative | — | arculāta |
| ablative | — | arculātīs |
| vocative | — | arculāta |
arcŭlāta, ōrum, n. Arculus,
I. sacrificial cakes made of flour, Paul. ex Fest. p. 16 Müll.
Origins
From the neuter plural of an adjective *arculātus, derived from the suffix -ātus added to arculus, arculum, or arcula. Given the existence of Umbrian 𐌀𐌓𐌜𐌋𐌀𐌕𐌀𐌚 (arçlataf, “a type of sacrificial gift”, acc. pl.), one can even reconstruct Proto-Italic *arkelātos.