acidulus

Latin

Etymology

acidus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈki.du.lus/, [äˈkɪd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.du.lus/, [äˈt͡ʃiːd̪ulus]

Adjective

acidulus (feminine acidula, neuter acidulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of acidus: somewhat sour, sourish, acidulous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	acidulus	acidula	acidulum		acidulī	acidulae	acidula
genitive	acidulī	acidulae	acidulī		acidulōrum	acidulārum	acidulōrum
dative	acidulō	acidulae	acidulō		acidulīs
accusative	acidulum	acidulam	acidulum		acidulōs	acidulās	acidula
ablative	acidulō	acidulā	acidulō		acidulīs
vocative	acidule	acidula	acidulum		acidulī	acidulae	acidula

Descendants

• From acidula
  • Padanian:
    • Ligurian: axevra
    • Piedmontese: asiula, azìgola, arzìvora, zìvola
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: oseglle, oselye, oseble
    • Old French: osille, oisele
      • French: oseille
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Aragonese: acitola
    • Occitan: auselha
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: acídul
  • → Italian: acidulo
  • → Portuguese: acídulo
  • → Spanish: acídulo

References

• “acidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acidulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• acidulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.