vulpecula
See also: Vulpecula
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From vulpēs (“fox”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈpeː.ku.la/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈpeːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈpe.ku.la/, [vulˈpɛːkulä]
Noun edit
vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension
- Diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”)
- A little fox
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vulpēcula | vulpēculae |
Genitive | vulpēculae | vulpēculārum |
Dative | vulpēculae | vulpēculīs |
Accusative | vulpēculam | vulpēculās |
Ablative | vulpēculā | vulpēculīs |
Vocative | vulpēcula | vulpēculae |
Descendants edit
- Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: vulpeya
- Old Galician-Portuguese: golpella
- Old Occitan:
- Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja
- Spanish: vulpeja
See also edit
References edit
- “vulpecula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vulpecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.