fraterculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
frāterculus m (genitive frāterculī); second declension
- Diminutive of frāter (“brother; friend”)
- A little brother.
- A familiar appellation given to a friend.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frāterculus | frāterculī |
| Genitive | frāterculī | frāterculōrum |
| Dative | frāterculō | frāterculīs |
| Accusative | frāterculum | frāterculōs |
| Ablative | frāterculō | frāterculīs |
| Vocative | frātercule | frāterculī |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fraterculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fraterculus 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)
- fraterculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.