pedicellus
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editpedicellus
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom pedīculus (“little foot”) + -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pe.diːˈkel.lus/, [pɛd̪iːˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.diˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [ped̪iˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Noun
editpedīcellus m (genitive pedīcellī); second declension (New Latin)
- little foot
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pedīcellus | pedīcellī |
Genitive | pedīcellī | pedīcellōrum |
Dative | pedīcellō | pedīcellīs |
Accusative | pedīcellum | pedīcellōs |
Ablative | pedīcellō | pedīcellīs |
Vocative | pedīcelle | pedīcellī |
Descendants
edit- → English: pedicel
- → French: pédicelle
- → Italian: pedicello (ety. 1)
- → Portuguese: pedicelo
- → Spanish: pedicelo
Etymology 2
editFrom pēdīculus + -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēdis (“louse”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /peː.diːˈkel.lus/, [peːd̪iːˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.diˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [ped̪iˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Noun
editpēdīcellus m (genitive pēdīcellī); second declension (Late Latin)
- a little louse
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pēdīcellus | pēdīcellī |
Genitive | pēdīcellī | pēdīcellōrum |
Dative | pēdīcellō | pēdīcellīs |
Accusative | pēdīcellum | pēdīcellōs |
Ablative | pēdīcellō | pēdīcellīs |
Vocative | pēdīcelle | pēdīcellī |
Descendants
edit- Italian: pedicello (ety. 2)
- Balkan Romance: (← *peducellus)
References
edit- “pedicellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pedicellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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