pisciculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From piscis (“fish”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
pisciculus m (genitive pisciculī); second declension
- Diminutive of piscis (“fish”)
- minnow
- tiddler
- In plural, an early name for Christians, in reference to the waters of baptism, and in allusion to the vesica piscis[1]
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pisciculus | pisciculī |
| Genitive | pisciculī | pisciculōrum |
| Dative | pisciculō | pisciculīs |
| Accusative | pisciculum | pisciculōs |
| Ablative | pisciculō | pisciculīs |
| Vocative | piscicule | pisciculī |
References edit
- “pisciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pisciculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pisciculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.