perpendiculum

Latin

Etymology

From perpendō (“I weigh or examine carefully or exactly”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.penˈdi.ku.lum/, [pɛrpɛn̪ˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.penˈdi.ku.lum/, [perpen̪ˈd̪iːkulum]

Noun

perpendiculum n (genitive perpendiculī); second declension

1. plumbline, plummet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	perpendiculum	perpendicula
genitive	perpendiculī	perpendiculōrum
dative	perpendiculō	perpendiculīs
accusative	perpendiculum	perpendicula
ablative	perpendiculō	perpendiculīs
vocative	perpendiculum	perpendicula

Derived terms

• ad perpendiculum (“perpendicularly”)
• perpendiculāris
• perpendiculārius

References

• “perpendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perpendiculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perpendiculum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• perpendiculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “perpendiculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perpendiculum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “perpendiculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin