brittunculus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Brittō (“Briton”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).^[1]

Noun edit

brittunculus m (genitive brittunculī); second declension

(rare, especially in plural) nasty little Briton(s)

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brittunculus	brittunculī
Genitive	brittunculī	brittunculōrum
Dative	brittunculō	brittunculīs
Accusative	brittunculum	brittunculōs
Ablative	brittunculō	brittunculīs
Vocative	brittuncule	brittunculī

References edit

^ Alan K. Bowman, J. David Thomas (1987) “New Texts from Vindolanda”, in Britannia, volume 18, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 137

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