meretricula
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /me.reˈtriː.ku.la/, [mɛrɛˈt̪riːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.reˈtri.ku.la/, [mereˈt̪riːkulä]
Noun
[edit]meretrīcula f (genitive meretrīculae); first declension
- diminutive of meretrīx (“a female prostitute or courtesan”).
- cute little wench
- Synonym: (pejorative) scortillum
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | meretrīcula | meretrīculae |
Genitive | meretrīculae | meretrīculārum |
Dative | meretrīculae | meretrīculīs |
Accusative | meretrīculam | meretrīculās |
Ablative | meretrīculā | meretrīculīs |
Vocative | meretrīcula | meretrīculae |
References
[edit]- “meretrīcula” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
Further reading
[edit]- “meretricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meretricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meretricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.