What does tāxillus mean in Latin?

tāxillus, a noun, means “a small cube or die”.

What is the genitive of tāxillus?

The genitive singular is tāxillī. tāxillus is masculine, second declension.

taxillus, i, m. acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 153, the primitive whence talus,

I. a small die, Pompon. ap. Prisc. p. 615 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 190 Rib.); Vitr. 10, 8, 2.

From Proto-Italic *tā̆kslelos, formally tālus (“a heel; die”) + -illus (“diminutive suffix”). For a similar phonetic development, compare pusillus.

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