petilus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-. Cognates include Latin pateō, patulus, and Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ti.lus/, [ˈpɛt̪ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ti.lus/, [ˈpɛːt̪ilus]

Adjective

petilus (feminine petila, neuter petilum); first/second-declension adjective

1. thin, slender

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	petilus	petila	petilum		petilī	petilae	petila
Genitive	petilī	petilae	petilī		petilōrum	petilārum	petilōrum
Dative	petilō		petilō		petilīs
Accusative	petilum	petilam	petilum		petilōs	petilās	petila
Ablative	petilō	petilā	petilō		petilīs
Vocative	petile	petila	petilum		petilī	petilae	petila

Synonyms

• gracilis
• macer
• rallus
• scutilus
• strigōsus
• tenuis

References

• “petilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• petilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “petilus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 297