tristiculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From trīstis (“sad, melancholy”) + -culus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triːsˈti.ku.lus/, [t̪riːs̠ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trisˈti.ku.lus/, [t̪risˈt̪iːkulus]
Adjective edit
trīsticulus (feminine trīsticula, neuter trīsticulum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of trīstis: somewhat sorrowful, rather sad
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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.