porcellus

Latin

Etymology

From porculus (“little pig”) +‎ -lus, from porcus (“pig”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /porˈkel.lus/, [pɔrˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /porˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [porˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Noun

porcellus m (genitive porcellī); second declension

1. piglet

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porcellus	porcellī
Genitive	porcellī	porcellōrum
Dative	porcellō	porcellīs
Accusative	porcellum	porcellōs
Ablative	porcellō	porcellīs
Vocative	porcelle	porcellī

Derived terms

• porcella

Related terms

• porcus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: purtsel, purtselu, pãrtsel, pãrtselu
  • Romanian: purcel
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: porcello
  • Neapolitan: porcieddo
  • Sicilian: purceddu
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: porcheddu, purcheddu, porceddu, proceddu
• North Italian:
  • Emilian: purzèl
  • Ladin: porcel
  • Romansch: purschè, purschel
  • Venetian: porseƚo, porselo, porsèl, porzèl
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: porcell
    • → Spanish: porcel
  • Occitan: porcèl
  • Old French: porcel
    • French: pourceau
    • Walloon: pourcea
• Borrowings:
  • → Proto-Brythonic: *porxell (see there for further descendants)

References

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