muliercula

Latin

Etymology

From mulier (“woman”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mu.liˈer.ku.la/, [mʊlʲiˈɛrkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mu.liˈer.ku.la/, [muliˈɛrkulä]

Noun

muliercula f (genitive mulierculae); first declension (diminutive of mulier)

1. little woman, common working girl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	muliercula	mulierculae
Genitive	mulierculae	mulierculārum
Dative	mulierculae	mulierculīs
Accusative	mulierculam	mulierculās
Ablative	mulierculā	mulierculīs
Vocative	muliercula	mulierculae

Derived terms

• mulierculārius

References

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