baccalaureus
Latin
editEtymology
editAlteration of baccalārius, influenced (by folk etymology) by Latin bacca (“berry”) and laurea (“laurel”) due to the fact that graduates wore laurel crowns filled with berries in order to represent the fruit of their study. See baccalārius for more.
Noun
editbaccalaureus m (genitive baccalaureī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | baccalaureus | baccalaureī |
Genitive | baccalaureī | baccalaureōrum |
Dative | baccalaureō | baccalaureīs |
Accusative | baccalaureum | baccalaureōs |
Ablative | baccalaureō | baccalaureīs |
Vocative | baccalauree | baccalaureī |