deprecatiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From dēprecātiō (“deprecation, invocation”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix), from dēprecor (“avert, warn off; deprecate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.pre.kaː.tiˈun.ku.la/, [d̪eːprɛkäːt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.pre.kat.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [d̪eprekät̪ː͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

dēprecātiuncula f (genitive dēprecātiunculae); first declension

1. a little deprecation or invocation; trifling plea for pardon

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēprecātiuncula	dēprecātiunculae
Genitive	dēprecātiunculae	dēprecātiunculārum
Dative	dēprecātiunculae	dēprecātiunculīs
Accusative	dēprecātiunculam	dēprecātiunculās
Ablative	dēprecātiunculā	dēprecātiunculīs
Vocative	dēprecātiuncula	dēprecātiunculae

Related terms

• dēprecor
• dēprecābilis
• dēprecābundus
• dēprecāneus
• dēprecātiō
• dēprecātor
• dēprecātrix
• dēprecātīvus
• dēprecātōrius

 

References

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