puerculus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom puer (“child, boy”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /puˈer.ku.lus/, [puˈɛrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈer.ku.lus/, [puˈɛrkulus]
Noun
editpuerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension
- diminutive of puer: a small boy
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | puerculus | puerculī |
Genitive | puerculī | puerculōrum |
Dative | puerculō | puerculīs |
Accusative | puerculum | puerculōs |
Ablative | puerculō | puerculīs |
Vocative | puercule | puerculī |
References
edit- “puerculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puerculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- puerculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016