LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

carbunculus

carbunculus m (genitive carbunculī)
Classical[karˈbʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[karˈbuŋ.ku.lus]

Meaning

  1. diminutivemasculinediminutive of carbō: small coal
  2. figurativelymasculineburning or devouring sorrow
  3. masculinemetonymicallykind of sandstone, red toph-stone
  4. masculinemetonymicallyreddish, bright kind of precious stone, probably comprising the ruby, carbuncle, hyacinth, garnet
  5. masculinemetonymicallykind of tumor, carbuncle
  6. masculinemetonymicallydisease caused by hoar-frost

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecarbunculuscarbunculī
genitivecarbunculīcarbunculōrum
dativecarbunculōcarbunculīs
accusativecarbunculumcarbunculōs
ablativecarbunculōcarbunculīs
vocativecarbunculecarbunculī

carbuncŭlus, i, m. dim. 1. carbo.
I. A small coal, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—
b. Trop., a burning or devouring sorrow: amburet ei misero corculum carbunculus. Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 70 Lorenz ad loc.—
II. Meton.
A. A kind of sandstone, red toph-stone, Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 2 Schneid.; Vitr. 2, 4; 2, 6; 8, 1; Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 29; Pall. 1, 10, 1.—
B. A reddish, bright kind of precious stone (prob. comprising the ruby, carbuncle, hyacinth, garnet, etc.), Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 92 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 14, 1; Vulg. Exod. 28, 18; id. Ezech. 28, 13; Inscr. Orell. 2510.—Hence, ut scintillet probitas e carbunculis, i. e. be adorned with jewels, Publ. Syr. ap. Petr. 55 Bücheler. —
C. A disease.
1. Of men, a kind of tumor, a carbuncle, Cels. 5, 28, 1; 6, 18, 1; a disease in Gallia Narbonensis, le charbon provençal, Plin. 26, 1, 4, § 5.—
2. Of plants, a disease caused by hoar-frost, Col. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 272; 18, 29, 70, § 293.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
  2. Latincarbunculus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin carbunculus From carbō (“coal, charcoal”) + -culus (diminutive nominal suffix).

Semi-learned
  • Italiancarboncolo
  • Italianscarboncolo
  • Englishcarbunclefrom Old Northern French carboncle
  • Frenchcarbonclefrom Old Northern French carboncle
  • Frenchcarbouclefrom Old Northern French carboncle
  • Frenchescarbouclefrom Old Northern French carboncle
  • Spanishcarbunclo
  • Galiciancaruncho
  • Galiciancarbuncho
Learned
  • GermanKarbunkel
  • GermanKarfunkel
  • Italiancarbuncolo
  • Italiancarbunculo
  • Italiancarbonculo
  • Portuguesecarbúnculo
  • Spanishcarbúnculo
  • Galiciancarbúnculo
  • Galiciancabrunco
  • Galiciancarbunco
Inherited
  • Italiancarbonchio
  • Italianscarbonchiare
  • Catalancarbonclefrom Old Catalan carbonclo
  • Occitancarbonclefrom Old Occitan carbuncle

In English words that came into English from carbunculus

  • carbunclecarbunculus
  • carbuncularcarbunculāris

Quick answers

What does carbunculus mean in Latin?
carbunculus, a noun, means “diminutive of carbō: small coal; kind of sandstone, red toph-stone; reddish, bright kind of precious stone, probably comprising the ruby, carbuncle, hyacinth, garnet”.
What is the genitive of carbunculus?
The genitive singular is carbunculī. carbunculus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce carbunculus?
In classical Latin, [karˈbʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [karˈbuŋ.ku.lus].
Where does carbunculus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? → Latin carbunculus.