dicaculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From dicāx (“sarcastic, witty”) + -ulus (forms diminutive forms of adjectives).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈkaː.ku.lus/, [d̪ɪˈkäːkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈka.ku.lus/, [d̪iˈkäːkulus]
Adjective edit
dicāculus (feminine dicācula, neuter dicāculum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dicāculus | dicācula | dicāculum | dicāculī | dicāculae | dicācula | |
| Genitive | dicāculī | dicāculae | dicāculī | dicāculōrum | dicāculārum | dicāculōrum | |
| Dative | dicāculō | dicāculō | dicāculīs | ||||
| Accusative | dicāculum | dicāculam | dicāculum | dicāculōs | dicāculās | dicācula | |
| Ablative | dicāculō | dicāculā | dicāculō | dicāculīs | |||
| Vocative | dicācule | dicācula | dicāculum | dicāculī | dicāculae | dicācula | |
References edit
- “dicaculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dicaculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.