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Webster 1913 Edition

Osculum

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Os′cu-lum

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Noun.

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pl.

Oscula

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[L., a little mouth.]

(Zool.)

Same as

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Definition 2024

osculum

osculum

English

Noun

osculum ‎(plural oscula)

(biology) the main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.

Translations

main opening in a sponge

French: oscule (fr) m
German: Osculum n
Italian: osculo (it) m
Polish: oskulum m
Portuguese: ósculo (pt) m

Russian: оскулум m ‎(oskulum)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: оскулум m

Roman: oskulum m
Ukrainian: оскулюм m ‎(oskuljum)

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from ōs ‎(“mouth”) +‎ -culum.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ku.lum/, [ˈɔs.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

osculum n ‎(genitive osculī); second declension

a kiss ^syn.
a little mouth

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	osculum	oscula
genitive	osculī	osculōrum
dative	osculō	osculīs
accusative	osculum	oscula
ablative	osculō	osculīs
vocative	osculum	oscula

Synonyms

(kiss):^def. bāsium n, suavium n

See also

os

References

osculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
osculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
OSCULUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “osculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.