rancidulus

Latin

Etymology

From rancidus (“rancid”) +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ranˈki.du.lus/, [räŋˈkɪd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ranˈt͡ʃi.du.lus/, [rän̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːd̪ulus]

Adjective

rancidulus (feminine rancidula, neuter rancidulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of rancidus:
   1. rancid, rather putrid, stinky
   2. disgusting, loathsome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rancidulus	rancidula	rancidulum		rancidulī	rancidulae	rancidula
Genitive	rancidulī	rancidulae	rancidulī		rancidulōrum	rancidulārum	rancidulōrum
Dative	rancidulō		rancidulō		rancidulīs
Accusative	rancidulum	rancidulam	rancidulum		rancidulōs	rancidulās	rancidula
Ablative	rancidulō	rancidulā	rancidulō		rancidulīs
Vocative	rancidule	rancidula	rancidulum		rancidulī	rancidulae	rancidula

Related terms

• rancēscō
• rancidus
• rancor

References

• “rancidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rancidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rancidulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rancidulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.