LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

linteolum

linteolum n (genitive linteolī)

Meaning

  1. neutersmall linen cloth

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelinteolumlinteola
genitivelinteolīlinteolōrum
dativelinteolōlinteolīs
accusativelinteolumlinteola
ablativelinteolōlinteolīs
vocativelinteolumlinteola

lintĕŏlum, i, n. dim. linteum,
I. a small linen cloth, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 46: rosae folia tusa in linteolo, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 106; 31, 9, 45, § 100; Vulg. Ezech. 30, 21.—
II. Transf., a lamp-wick: ebrium, Prud. Cath. 5, 18.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olum Latin linteolum From linteum + -olum (diminutive suffix).

Insular Romance
  • Sardinianlantzoru
  • Sardinianlenciou
  • Sardinianlencioru
  • Sardinianlentzolu
  • Sardinianlentolu
  • Sardinianlentzoru
  • Sardinianlintzolu
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianlenzuolo
  • Italianlenzolo
  • Dalmatianlenzul
  • Sicilianlinzolu
  • Venetanlinẑòl
  • Venetanlinsol
  • Venetanlinsiol
  • Venetanlinçiol
  • Venetanlençiol
  • Venetanlinsioło
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanlençòl
  • Catalanllençolfrom Old Catalan lençol
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueselençolfrom Old Galician-Portuguese lençoo
  • Spanishlenzuelo
  • Galicianlenzófrom Old Galician-Portuguese lençoo
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlinceulfrom Old French linçuel
  • Walloonlinçoûfrom Old French linçuel
Borrowings
  • Romanianlințoliu
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianlinzûl
  • Romanshlenziel
  • Romanshlanziel
  • Romanshlinzöl
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianlinsōl
  • Emilianlinsôl
  • Emilianlinzôl
  • Emilianlinzöl
  • Piedmonteselinseul

Quick answers

What does linteolum mean in Latin?
linteolum, a noun, means “small linen cloth”.
What is the genitive of linteolum?
The genitive singular is linteolī. linteolum is neuter, second declension.