LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

tutulus

tutulus m (genitive tutulī)

Meaning

  1. masculineA high headdress, formed by plaiting the hair in a cone over the forehead, worn expecially by the Flamen and his wife

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetutulustutulī
genitivetutulītutulōrum
dativetutulōtutulīs
accusativetutulumtutulōs
ablativetutulōtutulīs
vocativetutuletutulī

tŭtŭlus, i, m.,
I. a high head-dress, formed by plaiting the hair in a cone over the forehead, worn esp. by the Flamen and his wife, Tert. Pall. 4 fin.; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 44 Müll.; Fest. pp 354 and 355 ib.; and v. Böttig. Sabina, 1, p. 132.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Cognate with Latin tūber, tumeō, obturō and turgeō.

Descendants
  • Englishtutulus

Quick answers

What does tutulus mean in Latin?
tutulus, a noun, means “A high headdress, formed by plaiting the hair in a cone over the forehead, worn expecially by the Flamen and his wife”.
What is the genitive of tutulus?
The genitive singular is tutulī. tutulus is masculine, second declension.