adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vernāculus
vernāculus (feminine vernācula, neuter vernāculum)
Classical[wɛrˈnaː.kʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[verˈnaː.ku.lus]
Meaning
- adjectivenative, domestic, indigenous, vernacular (originally of slaves)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vernāculus | vernācula | vernāculum |
| genitive | vernāculī | vernāculae | vernāculī |
| dative | vernāculō | vernāculae | vernāculō |
| accusative | vernāculum | vernāculam | vernāculum |
| ablative | vernāculō | vernāculā | vernāculō |
| vocative | vernācule | vernācula | vernāculum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vernāculī | vernāculae | vernācula |
| genitive | vernāculōrum | vernāculārum | vernāculōrum |
| dative | vernāculīs | vernāculīs | vernāculīs |
| accusative | vernāculōs | vernāculās | vernācula |
| ablative | vernāculīs | vernāculīs | vernāculīs |
| vocative | vernāculī | vernāculae | vernācula |
vernācŭlus, a, um, adj. verna.
I. (Acc. to verna, I.) Of or belonging to homeborn slaves.
B. Substt.: vernācŭli, ōrum, m. (acc. to verna, I.), buffoons, jesters (postAug. and rare), Mart. 10, 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 14.—
2. vernācŭla, ae, f., a female household slave (late Lat.), Mart. Cap. 8, § 804:
filius quem susceperat ex vernaculā, Ambros. Abrah. 1, 7, 65.—II. (Acc. to verna, II.) Native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular, i. e. Roman (the class. signif. of the word):
aquatilium vocabula partim sunt vernacula partim peregrina, Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.: volucres, id. R. R. 3, 5, 7: equi, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 202: vites (with peculiares), id. 14, 2, 4, § 24: putatio, id. 17, 23, 35, § 208: gallinae, Col. 8, 2, 5: pecus, id. 7, 3, 13: imago antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2: sapor, inborn, innate, id. Brut. 46, 172: crimen domesticum ac vernaculum, invented by the accuser himself, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141; cf. consilium, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 105.—B. Natural, common (late Lat.):
paupertas olim philosophiae vernacula est, App. Mag. 18, p. 285, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vernāculus adj.
verna, of home-born slaves: multitudo, Ta.—Native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular, Roman: festivitas: sapor, innate: crimen domesticum ac vernaculum, i. e. which applies to the accuser.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vernāculus From verna + -culus.
Descendants
- Catalanvernacle
- Englishvernacular
- Frenchvernaculaire
- Italianvernacolo
- Portuguesevernáculo
- Spanishvernáculo
- Irishbéarlagairfrom English vernacular
- Galicianvernáculo