herbuscula
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom herba (“plant”) + -uscula (diminutive suffix), possibly modeled after arbuscula from arbor, since the regularly formed diminutive of herba is herbula.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /herˈbus.ku.la/, [hɛrˈbʊs̠kʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /erˈbus.ku.la/, [erˈbuskulä]
Noun
editherbuscula f (genitive herbusculae); first declension
- a little herb or plant
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | herbuscula | herbusculae |
Genitive | herbusculae | herbusculārum |
Dative | herbusculae | herbusculīs |
Accusative | herbusculam | herbusculās |
Ablative | herbusculā | herbusculīs |
Vocative | herbuscula | herbusculae |
References
edit- “herbuscula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- herbuscula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.