pauperculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pauper + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pau̯ˈper.ku.lus/, [päu̯ˈpɛrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pau̯ˈper.ku.lus/, [päu̯ˈpɛrkulus]
Adjective edit
pauperculus (feminine paupercula, neuter pauperculum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of pauper (“poor”)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pauperculus | paupercula | pauperculum | pauperculī | pauperculae | paupercula | |
| Genitive | pauperculī | pauperculae | pauperculī | pauperculōrum | pauperculārum | pauperculōrum | |
| Dative | pauperculō | pauperculō | pauperculīs | ||||
| Accusative | pauperculum | pauperculam | pauperculum | pauperculōs | pauperculās | paupercula | |
| Ablative | pauperculō | pauperculā | pauperculō | pauperculīs | |||
| Vocative | paupercule | paupercula | pauperculum | pauperculī | pauperculae | paupercula | |
References edit
- “pauperculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pauperculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pauperculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.