Latin edit

Etymology edit

cōntiō (speech before a public assembly) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cōntiuncula f (genitive cōntiunculae); first declension

  1. (rare) a short harangue or speech

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōntiuncula cōntiunculae
Genitive cōntiunculae cōntiunculārum
Dative cōntiunculae cōntiunculīs
Accusative cōntiunculam cōntiunculās
Ablative cōntiunculā cōntiunculīs
Vocative cōntiuncula cōntiunculae

References edit

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