pediculus
See also: Pediculus
English edit
Noun edit
pediculus (plural pediculi)
- A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈdi.ku.lus/, [pɛˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈdi.ku.lus/, [peˈd̪iːkulus]
Etymology 1 edit
From pēs, pedis (“foot”) + -culus (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun edit
pediculus m (genitive pediculī); second declension
- A little foot.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (botany) A footstalk or pedicel of fruit or leaf.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pediculus | pediculī |
| Genitive | pediculī | pediculōrum |
| Dative | pediculō | pediculīs |
| Accusative | pediculum | pediculōs |
| Ablative | pediculō | pediculīs |
| Vocative | pedicule | pediculī |
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From pēdis (“louse”) + -culus (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun edit
pēdiculus m (genitive pēdiculī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pēdiculus | pēdiculī |
| Genitive | pēdiculī | pēdiculōrum |
| Dative | pēdiculō | pēdiculīs |
| Accusative | pēdiculum | pēdiculōs |
| Ablative | pēdiculō | pēdiculīs |
| Vocative | pēdicule | pēdiculī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Latin: pēduculus (see there for further descendants)
- →⇒ Italian: pediculosi
- → Spanish: pedículo
- → Translingual: Pediculus
References edit
- “pediculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pediculus 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)
- pediculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.