blandulus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.du.lus/, [ˈbɫ̪än̪d̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈblan.du.lus/, [ˈblän̪d̪ulus]

Adjective

blandulus (feminine blandula, neuter blandulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax) diminutive of blandus (“charming, pleasant”)
   • 76 CE – 108 CE, Hadrian, Carmina 3:

     Animula vagula blandula,
     hospes comesque corporis,
     quae nunc abībis in loca
     pallidula, rigida, nūdula,
     nec ut solēs dabis iocōs...

     • Translation by Wikisource

       Little soul, wandering, pleasing,
       guest and companion of the body,
       which now go away in places
       pale, stiff, bare,
       and will not jest as you do...

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blandulus	blandula	blandulum		blandulī	blandulae	blandula
Genitive	blandulī	blandulae	blandulī		blandulōrum	blandulārum	blandulōrum
Dative	blandulō		blandulō		blandulīs
Accusative	blandulum	blandulam	blandulum		blandulōs	blandulās	blandula
Ablative	blandulō	blandulā	blandulō		blandulīs
Vocative	blandule	blandula	blandulum		blandulī	blandulae	blandula

Descendants

• Aromanian: blãndur

References

• “blandulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• blandulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.