passerculus

See also: Passerculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of passer (“sparrow”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pasˈser.ku.lus/, [päs̠ˈs̠ɛrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pasˈser.ku.lus/, [päsˈsɛrkulus]

Noun

passerculus m (genitive passerculī); second declension

1. a little sparrow
2. a term of endearment

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	passerculus	passerculī
Genitive	passerculī	passerculōrum
Dative	passerculō	passerculīs
Accusative	passerculum	passerculōs
Ablative	passerculō	passerculīs
Vocative	passercule	passerculī

Related terms

• passer
• passercula
• passerīnus

References

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