piaculum

Latin

Etymology

From piō (“I appease, purify, expiate”) +‎ -culum (instrumental suffix).

Noun

piāculum n (genitive piāculī); second declension

  1. propitiatory sacrifice
  2. sin, crime, guilt

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative piāculum piācula
Genitive piāculī piāculōrum
Dative piāculō piāculīs
Accusative piāculum piācula
Ablative piāculō piāculīs
Vocative piāculum piācula

References
  • piaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • piaculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • piaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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