Latin edit

Etymology edit

From puer (child, boy) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

puerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension

  1. Diminutive of puer: a small boy

Declension edit

Second-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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016