renunculus

Latin

Etymology

From rēn +‎ -unculus.

Noun

rēnunculus m (genitive rēnunculī); second declension (diminutive of rēn)

1. (chiefly in the plural or Late Latin) little kidney

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rēnunculus	rēnunculī
Genitive	rēnunculī	rēnunculōrum
Dative	rēnunculō	rēnunculīs
Accusative	rēnunculum	rēnunculōs
Ablative	rēnunculō	rēnunculīs
Vocative	rēnuncule	rēnunculī

Synonyms

• rēniculus

Descendants

• Romanian: rărunchi
• Romansch: gnirunchel, narunchel, niruncel, nirunchel, ranuogl

References

• “renunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• renunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.