canticulum

Latin

Etymology

From canticum (“song or incantation”) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

canticulum n (genitive canticulī); second declension

1. diminutive of canticum:
   1. a sonnet or little song
   2. a short incantation

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canticulum	canticula
Genitive	canticulī	canticulōrum
Dative	canticulō	canticulīs
Accusative	canticulum	canticula
Ablative	canticulō	canticulīs
Vocative	canticulum	canticula

Descendants

• English: canticle

References

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