grandiculus

Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“large”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdi.ku.lus/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdi.ku.lus/, [ɡrän̪ˈd̪iːkulus]

Adjective

grandiculus (feminine grandicula, neuter grandiculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of grandis: rather large, of moderate size

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grandiculus	grandicula	grandiculum		grandiculī	grandiculae	grandicula
Genitive	grandiculī	grandiculae	grandiculī		grandiculōrum	grandiculārum	grandiculōrum
Dative	grandiculō		grandiculō		grandiculīs
Accusative	grandiculum	grandiculam	grandiculum		grandiculōs	grandiculās	grandicula
Ablative	grandiculō	grandiculā	grandiculō		grandiculīs
Vocative	grandicule	grandicula	grandiculum		grandiculī	grandiculae	grandicula

References

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