pulchellus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom pulcher (“beautiful”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pulˈkʰel.lus/, [pʊɫ̪ˈkʰɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pulˈkel.lus/, [pulˈkɛlːus]
Adjective
editpulchellus (feminine pulchella, neuter pulchellum); first/second-declension adjective
- diminutive of pulcher (“beautiful”): beautiful little
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | pulchellus | pulchella | pulchellum | pulchellī | pulchellae | pulchella | |
Genitive | pulchellī | pulchellae | pulchellī | pulchellōrum | pulchellārum | pulchellōrum | |
Dative | pulchellō | pulchellō | pulchellīs | ||||
Accusative | pulchellum | pulchellam | pulchellum | pulchellōs | pulchellās | pulchella | |
Ablative | pulchellō | pulchellā | pulchellō | pulchellīs | |||
Vocative | pulchelle | pulchella | pulchellum | pulchellī | pulchellae | pulchella |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pulchellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pulchellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray