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carbunculus.

live coal; red tophus; precious stone; vine blight; carbuncle/tumor/anthrax;

11 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[karˈbʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs]Classical-Latin[karˈbuŋ.ku.lus]

  1. diminutive of carbō: small coal

    declension-2 · diminutive · form-of · masculine

  2. diminutive of carbō: small coal burning or devouring sorrow

    declension-2 · figuratively · masculine

  3. kind of sandstone, red toph-stone

    declension-2 · masculine · metonymically

  4. reddish, bright kind of precious stone, probably comprising the ruby, carbuncle, hyacinth, garnet

    declension-2 · masculine · metonymically

  5. A disease: kind of tumor, carbuncle

    declension-2 · masculine · metonymically

  6. A disease: disease caused by hoar-frost

    declension-2 · masculine · metonymically
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbō Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin carbunculus From carbō (“coal, charcoal”) + -culus (diminutive nominal suffix).

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