versiculus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin versiculus.
Noun
editversiculus (plural versiculi)
- Synonym of versicle
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom versus (“verse”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯erˈsi.ku.lus/, [u̯ɛrˈs̠ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈsi.ku.lus/, [verˈsiːkulus]
Noun
editversiculus m (genitive versiculī); second declension
- short verse, single line (of prose or poetry)
- (in the plural) humble lines, unpretentious verses
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | versiculus | versiculī |
Genitive | versiculī | versiculōrum |
Dative | versiculō | versiculīs |
Accusative | versiculum | versiculōs |
Ablative | versiculō | versiculīs |
Vocative | versicule | versiculī |
Descendants
edit- → English: versicle, versiculus
- Italian: versicolo
- Old French: versicule
- → English: versicule
- → Portuguese: versículo
- → Spanish: versículo
- → Cebuano: bersikulo
References
edit- “versiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “versiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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