ligneolus

Latin

Etymology

From ligneus (“wooden”) +‎ -olus (diminutive suffix), from lignum (“firewood”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liɡˈne.o.lus/, [lʲɪŋˈneɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liɲˈɲe.o.lus/, [liɲˈɲɛːolus]

Adjective

ligneolus (feminine ligneola, neuter ligneolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of ligneus: of wood, wooden (of small objects)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ligneolus	ligneola	ligneolum		ligneolī	ligneolae	ligneola
Genitive	ligneolī	ligneolae	ligneolī		ligneolōrum	ligneolārum	ligneolōrum
Dative	ligneolō		ligneolō		ligneolīs
Accusative	ligneolum	ligneolam	ligneolum		ligneolōs	ligneolās	ligneola
Ablative	ligneolō	ligneolā	ligneolō		ligneolīs
Vocative	ligneole	ligneola	ligneolum		ligneolī	ligneolae	ligneola

Related terms

• lignārius
• lignātiō
• lignātor
• ligneus
• lignor
• lignum

References

• “ligneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ligneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ligneolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.