porculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from porcus (“pig”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ku.lus/, [ˈpɔrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.ku.lus/, [ˈpɔrkulus]

Noun

porculus m (genitive porculī); second declension (diminutive of porcus)

1. piglet; a little pig.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porculus	porculī
Genitive	porculī	porculōrum
Dative	porculō	porculīs
Accusative	porculum	porculōs
Ablative	porculō	porculīs
Vocative	porcule	porculī

Related terms

• porcus

Descendants

• Translingual: Helophorus porculus, Uromys porculus

References

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