breviculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From brevis (“short”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /breˈu̯i.ku.lus/, [breˈu̯ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /breˈvi.ku.lus/, [breˈviːkulus]
Adjective edit
breviculus (feminine brevicula, neuter breviculum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of brevis (“short”): somewhat short, a little short
- c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 3.4.638–640:
- Ego dīcam tibi: / cānum, vārum, ventriōsum, bucculentum, breviculum, / subnigrīs oculīs, oblongīs mālīs, pānsam aliquantulum.
- I shall tell you: / grey-haired, bow-legged, pot-bellied, wide-mouthed, a little short, / with blackish eyes, with longish jaws, a somewhat broad-footed man.
- Ego dīcam tibi: / cānum, vārum, ventriōsum, bucculentum, breviculum, / subnigrīs oculīs, oblongīs mālīs, pānsam aliquantulum.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | breviculus | brevicula | breviculum | breviculī | breviculae | brevicula | |
| Genitive | breviculī | breviculae | breviculī | breviculōrum | breviculārum | breviculōrum | |
| Dative | breviculō | breviculō | breviculīs | ||||
| Accusative | breviculum | breviculam | breviculum | breviculōs | breviculās | brevicula | |
| Ablative | breviculō | breviculā | breviculō | breviculīs | |||
| Vocative | brevicule | brevicula | breviculum | breviculī | breviculae | brevicula | |
References edit
- “breviculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- breviculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.