Latin edit

Etymology edit

From tirō +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Noun edit

tīrunculus m (genitive tīrunculī); second declension

  1. Diminutive of tirō: small or young recruit

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tīrunculus tīrunculī
Genitive tīrunculī tīrunculōrum
Dative tīrunculō tīrunculīs
Accusative tīrunculum tīrunculōs
Ablative tīrunculō tīrunculīs
Vocative tīruncule tīrunculī

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • tirunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tirunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tirunculus 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)
  • tirunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • tirunculus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016