tristiculus

Latin

Etymology

From trīstis (“sad, melancholy”) +‎ -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triːsˈti.ku.lus/, [t̪riːs̠ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trisˈti.ku.lus/, [t̪risˈt̪iːkulus]

Adjective

trīsticulus (feminine trīsticula, neuter trīsticulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of trīstis: somewhat sorrowful, rather sad

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	trīsticulus	trīsticula	trīsticulum		trīsticulī	trīsticulae	trīsticula
Genitive	trīsticulī	trīsticulae	trīsticulī		trīsticulōrum	trīsticulārum	trīsticulōrum
Dative	trīsticulō		trīsticulō		trīsticulīs
Accusative	trīsticulum	trīsticulam	trīsticulum		trīsticulōs	trīsticulās	trīsticula
Ablative	trīsticulō	trīsticulā	trīsticulō		trīsticulīs
Vocative	trīsticule	trīsticula	trīsticulum		trīsticulī	trīsticulae	trīsticula

References

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