puerculus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From puer (“child, boy”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈer.ku.lus/, [puˈɛrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈer.ku.lus/, [puˈɛrkulus]
Noun[edit]
puerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension
- Diminutive of puer: a small boy
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | puerculus | puerculī |
| Genitive | puerculī | puerculōrum |
| Dative | puerculō | puerculīs |
| Accusative | puerculum | puerculōs |
| Ablative | puerculō | puerculīs |
| Vocative | puercule | puerculī |
References[edit]
- “puerculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- puerculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- puerculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016