Latin edit

Etymology edit

From sermō, sermōnis +‎ -culus.

Noun edit

sermunculus m (genitive sermunculī); second declension (Diminutive of: sermō)

  1. rumour
  2. tittle-tattle

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sermunculus sermunculī
Genitive sermunculī sermunculōrum
Dative sermunculō sermunculīs
Accusative sermunculum sermunculōs
Ablative sermunculō sermunculīs
Vocative sermuncule sermunculī

References edit

  • sermunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sermunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sermunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.