aqualiculus

Latin

Etymology

From aquālis (“washbasin”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kʷaːˈli.ku.lus/, [äkʷäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kwaˈli.ku.lus/, [äkwäˈliːkulus]

Noun

aquāliculus m (genitive aquāliculī); second declension

1. (literally) Diminutive of aquālis: small water vessel
2. (anatomy) stomach, maw
   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 90
3. belly, paunch
   • c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 1.57

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquāliculus	aquāliculī
Genitive	aquāliculī	aquāliculōrum
Dative	aquāliculō	aquāliculīs
Accusative	aquāliculum	aquāliculōs
Ablative	aquāliculō	aquāliculīs
Vocative	aquālicule	aquāliculī

References

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