pullulus

Latin

Etymology

From pullus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.lu.lus/, [ˈpʊlːʲʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpul.lu.lus/, [ˈpulːulus]

Noun

pullulus m (genitive pullulī); second declension

1. diminutive of pullus:
   1. young (of animals)
   2. chick
   3. sprout, twig
   4. (term of endearment) darling

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pullulus	pullulī
Genitive	pullulī	pullulōrum
Dative	pullulō	pullulīs
Accusative	pullulum	pullulōs
Ablative	pullulō	pullulīs
Vocative	pullule	pullulī

Derived terms

• pullulō

Descendants

• Galician: póla

References

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