canticulum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From canticum (“song or incantation”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
canticulum n (genitive canticulī); second declension
- Diminutive of canticum:
- a sonnet or little song
- a short incantation
Declension edit
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 edit
- English: canticle
References edit
- “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.