digitulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of digitus (“finger, toe”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈɡi.tu.lus/, [d̪ɪˈɡɪt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈd͡ʒi.tu.lus/, [d̪iˈd͡ʒiːt̪ulus]

Noun

digitulus m (genitive digitulī); second declension

1. a small finger
2. (by extension) a bird's toe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	digitulus	digitulī
Genitive	digitulī	digitulōrum
Dative	digitulō	digitulīs
Accusative	digitulum	digitulōs
Ablative	digitulō	digitulīs
Vocative	digitule	digitulī

Related terms

• digitābulum
• digitālis
• digitātus
• digitus

Descendants

• → English: digitule

References

• “digitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “digitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• digitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.