LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vāscellum

vāscellum n (genitive vāscellī)

Meaning

  1. Late Latina small vase or urn

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevāscellumvāscella
genitivevāscellīvāscellōrum
dativevāscellōvāscellīs
accusativevāscellumvāscella
ablativevāscellōvāscellīs
vocativevāscellumvāscella

vascellum, i, n. dim. 2. vas,
I. a small vase or urn, Inscr. Orell. 4555.

Origins

From vāsculum (“small vessel”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanvaixellfrom Old Catalan vaxell
  • Occitanvaissèlfrom Old Occitan vaisselh
  • Occitanvaisseufrom Old Occitan vaisselh
  • Catalanvaixella
  • Frenchvaisselle
  • Occitanvaissèla
  • Occitanvaissela
  • Franco-Provençalvèssél
  • Old Frenchvaissel
  • Gasconvaishèthfrom Old Occitan vaisselh
Italo-Romance
  • Italianvascello
  • Italianvasello
  • Italianvascella
  • Sicilianvascellufrom Italian vascello
  • Sicilianvasceḍḍu
  • Sicilianvasceḍḍa
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishvajillafrom Aragonese vaxiella
  • Portuguesebaixela
  • Ribagorçanvaissèllafrom Aragonese vaxiella
  • Ribagorçanviséllafrom Aragonese vaxiella
  • Galicianvaixela
  • Old Spanishvasiella
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshvaschè
  • Romanshvischi
  • Romanshvaschella
  • Romanshvischala
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesevassél

Quick answers

What does vāscellum mean in Latin?
vāscellum, a noun, means “a small vase or urn”.
What is the genitive of vāscellum?
The genitive singular is vāscellī. vāscellum is neuter, second declension.