captiuncula

Latin

Etymology

captiō (“deception, quibble”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kap.tiˈun.ku.la/, [käpt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kap.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [käpt̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

captiuncula f (genitive captiunculae); first declension

1. a quirk, sophism, fallacy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	captiuncula	captiunculae
Genitive	captiunculae	captiunculārum
Dative	captiunculae	captiunculīs
Accusative	captiunculam	captiunculās
Ablative	captiunculā	captiunculīs
Vocative	captiuncula	captiunculae

References

• “captiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “captiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers