LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

cultellus

cultellus m (genitive cultellī)
Classical[kʊɫˈtɛl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[kulˈtɛl.lus]

Meaning

  1. masculinesmall knife
  2. masculinedagger

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecultelluscultellī
genitivecultellīcultellōrum
dativecultellōcultellīs
accusativecultellumcultellōs
ablativecultellōcultellīs
vocativecultellecultellī

cultellus, i, m. dim. culter,
I. a small knife.
I. Prop., Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 2; id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 195, 18; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51; Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115 al.—
II. Lignei, wooden pegs or pins, Vitr. 7, 3.

Origins

Diminutive of Latin culter (“knife”): culter + -lus.

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchcouteaufrom Old French coutel
  • Englishcouteaufrom Old French coutel
  • Englishcutlassfrom Old French coutel
  • Englishcutleryfrom Old French coutel
  • Frenchcoutelasfrom Old French coutel
  • Frenchcoutelleriefrom Old French coutel
  • Franco-Provençalcutél
  • Champenoiscoutéfrom Old French coutel
  • Champenoiscoutiaufrom Old French coutel
  • Normancoutelfrom Old French coutel
West Iberian
  • Portuguesecutelofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuitelo
  • Portuguesecuitelofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuitelo
  • Portuguesecutielofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuitelo
  • Portuguesequitelofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuitelo
  • Portuguesequitielofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cuitelo
  • Spanishcuchillofrom Old Spanish cuchiello
  • Asturiancuchiellufrom Old Leonese cuchiello
  • Asturiancuchellufrom Old Leonese cuchiello
  • Asturiancochellufrom Old Leonese cuchiello
  • Leonesecuchiellufrom Old Leonese cuchiello
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniangorteddu
  • Sardiniangurteddu
  • Sardiniancultedhu
  • Sardinianculteddu
  • Sardinianboltedhu
  • Sardinianbulteddu
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalancoltell
  • Catalancontell
  • Catalancoutell
  • Aragonesecuitiello
  • Aragonesecutiello
  • Auvergnatcotèl
  • Auvergnatcotelh
  • Gasconcotèth
  • Languedociencotèl
  • Languedociencotèlh
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancoltello
  • Neapolitancurtiello
  • Neapolitancortiello
  • Siciliancuteḍḍu
Dalmatian
  • unknowncortial
North Italian
  • Emiliancurtèl
  • Istriotcurtielo
  • Lombardcortèl
  • Piedmontesecotèl
  • Piedmontesecortèl
  • Romagnolcurtèl
  • Romanshcuntè
  • Romanshcunti
  • Romanshcuntel
  • Romanshcurtè
Ancient borrowings
  • Bretonkontellfrom Proto-Brythonic *kullell
  • Cornishkollellfrom Proto-Brythonic *kullell
  • Welshcyllellfrom Proto-Brythonic *kullell

In English words that came into English from cultellus

  • cuttlecultellus

Quick answers

What does cultellus mean in Latin?
cultellus, a noun, means “small knife; dagger”.
What is the genitive of cultellus?
The genitive singular is cultellī. cultellus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce cultellus?
In classical Latin, [kʊɫˈtɛl.lʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kulˈtɛl.lus].