tuccetum

Latin

Alternative forms

tucetum

Etymology

From tucca (“liquid lard”), a word said to be of Celtic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuk.ke.tum/, [ˈt̪ʊkːɛt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtut.t͡ʃe.tum/, [ˈt̪utː͡ʃet̪um]

Noun

tuccētum n (genitive tuccētī); second declension

a kind of sausage made with meat of ox

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tuccētum	tuccēta
Genitive	tuccētī	tuccētōrum
Dative	tuccētō	tuccētīs
Accusative	tuccētum	tuccēta
Ablative	tuccētō	tuccētīs
Vocative	tuccētum	tuccēta

Descendants

Medieval Latin: tuccinum
- → Portuguese: toucinho
- → Spanish: tocino
  - → Cebuano: tosino
- → Galician: touciño

References

“tuccetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tuccetum 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)

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