serviculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From servus (“slave”) + -culus (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /serˈu̯i.ku.lus/, [s̠ɛrˈu̯ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /serˈvi.ku.lus/, [serˈviːkulus]
Adjective edit
serviculus (feminine servicula, neuter serviculum); first/second-declension adjective
- a little slave
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | serviculus | servicula | serviculum | serviculī | serviculae | servicula | |
| Genitive | serviculī | serviculae | serviculī | serviculōrum | serviculārum | serviculōrum | |
| Dative | serviculō | serviculō | serviculīs | ||||
| Accusative | serviculum | serviculam | serviculum | serviculōs | serviculās | servicula | |
| Ablative | serviculō | serviculā | serviculō | serviculīs | |||
| Vocative | servicule | servicula | serviculum | serviculī | serviculae | servicula | |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “serviculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- serviculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.