Latin

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Etymology

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Back-formed from *bienniculus, from biennis +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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anniculus (feminine annicula, neuter anniculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. one-year-old

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative anniculus annicula anniculum anniculī anniculae annicula
Genitive anniculī anniculae anniculī anniculōrum anniculārum anniculōrum
Dative anniculō anniculō anniculīs
Accusative anniculum anniculam anniculum anniculōs anniculās annicula
Ablative anniculō anniculā anniculō anniculīs
Vocative annicule annicula anniculum anniculī anniculae annicula

Descendants

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  • Asturian: aneyu
  • Galician: anello
  • Italian: annecchio (obsolete, regional/dialectal)
  • Portuguese: anelho
  • Spanish: añejo, añojo

References

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  • anniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • anniculus 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)
  • anniculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.