molliculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mollis (“soft”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /molˈli.ku.lus/, [mɔlˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /molˈli.ku.lus/, [molˈliːkulus]
Adjective edit
molliculus (feminine mollicula, neuter molliculum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | molliculus | mollicula | molliculum | molliculī | molliculae | mollicula | |
| Genitive | molliculī | molliculae | molliculī | molliculōrum | molliculārum | molliculōrum | |
| Dative | molliculō | molliculō | molliculīs | ||||
| Accusative | molliculum | molliculam | molliculum | molliculōs | molliculās | mollicula | |
| Ablative | molliculō | molliculā | molliculō | molliculīs | |||
| Vocative | mollicule | mollicula | molliculum | molliculī | molliculae | mollicula | |
Synonyms edit
- (soft): mollicellus, mollis
Related terms edit
References edit
- “molliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “molliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- molliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “molliculus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray