breviculus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom brevis (“short”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /breˈu̯i.ku.lus/, [breˈu̯ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /breˈvi.ku.lus/, [breˈviːkulus]
Adjective
editbreviculus (feminine brevicula, neuter breviculum); first/second-declension adjective
- diminutive of brevis (“short”): somewhat short, a little short
- c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 3.4.638–640:
- Ego dīcam tibi: / cānum, vārum, ventriōsum, bucculentum, breviculum, / subnigrīs oculīs, oblongīs mālīs, pānsam aliquantulum.
- I shall tell you: / grey-haired, bow-legged, pot-bellied, wide-mouthed, a little short, / with blackish eyes, with longish jaws, a somewhat broad-footed man.
- Ego dīcam tibi: / cānum, vārum, ventriōsum, bucculentum, breviculum, / subnigrīs oculīs, oblongīs mālīs, pānsam aliquantulum.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | breviculus | brevicula | breviculum | breviculī | breviculae | brevicula | |
Genitive | breviculī | breviculae | breviculī | breviculōrum | breviculārum | breviculōrum | |
Dative | breviculō | breviculō | breviculīs | ||||
Accusative | breviculum | breviculam | breviculum | breviculōs | breviculās | brevicula | |
Ablative | breviculō | breviculā | breviculō | breviculīs | |||
Vocative | brevicule | brevicula | breviculum | breviculī | breviculae | brevicula |
References
edit- “breviculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- breviculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.