vulpecula
See also: Vulpecula
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom vulpēs (“fox”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈpeː.ku.la/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈpeːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈpe.ku.la/, [vulˈpɛːkulä]
Noun
editvulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension
- diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”)
- A little fox
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vulpēcula | vulpēculae |
Genitive | vulpēculae | vulpēculārum |
Dative | vulpēculae | vulpēculīs |
Accusative | vulpēculam | vulpēculās |
Ablative | vulpēculā | vulpēculīs |
Vocative | vulpēcula | vulpēculae |
Descendants
edit- Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: vulpeya
- Old Galician-Portuguese: golpella
- Old Occitan:
- Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja
- Spanish: vulpeja
See also
editReferences
edit- “vulpecula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vulpecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.