LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

vitriolum

vitriolum n (genitive vitriolī)

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinneutervitriol

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevitriolumvitriola
🜖la
genitivevitriolī
🜖i, 🜖li
vitriolōrum
🜖lōrum
dativevitriolō
🜖lō
vitriolīs
🜖līs
accusativevitriolum
🜖lum
vitriola
🜖la
ablativevitriolō
🜖lō
vitriolīs
🜖līs
vocativevitriolum
🜖lum
vitriola
🜖la

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *wed-der. Proto-Indo-European *wedrom Proto-Italic *wedrom? Latin vitrum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olum Latin vitriolum From vitrum (“glass”) + -olum (diminutive suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishvitriolfrom Old French vitriol
  • Frenchvitriolfrom Old French vitriol
  • Norwegian Nynorskfiktril

In English words that came into English from vitriolum

  • vitriolvitriolum

Quick answers

What does vitriolum mean in Latin?
vitriolum, a noun, means “vitriol”.
What is the genitive of vitriolum?
The genitive singular is vitriolī. vitriolum is neuter, second declension.