-uculus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Alteration, probably by rebracketing, of diminutive suffix -culus. (Some words ending in -uculus can be analyzed as containing -culus preceded by the stem vowel -u- of the fourth declension, such as genuculum from genū̆.)

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ku.lus/, [ˈʊkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ku.lus/, [ˈuːkulus]

Suffix edit

-uculus (feminine -ucula, neuter -uculum); first/second-declension suffix

Alternative form of -culus
1. added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.

Derived terms edit

Latin terms suffixed with -uculus