modicum

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin modicum (“a little”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒdɪkəm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdɪkəm/

Noun

modicum (plural modicums or modica)

1. A small, modest or trifling amount.

   Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.

Synonyms

• (a small amount): iota, jot, tittle
• See also Thesaurus:modicum.

Translations

small amount

• Bulgarian: малко количество n (malko količestvo), минимално количество n (minimalno količestvo)
• Catalan: bri (ca) m, mínim (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 少量 (zh) (shǎoliàng)

• Dutch: weinigje n, beetje (nl) n
• French: modique (fr)
• German: bisschen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: un po' di
• Japanese: 少量 (ja) (しょうりょう, shōryō), ちょっぴり (choppiri)
• Maori: kanhe, taunga, takutakunga
• Portuguese: un pouco de
• Russian: чу́точка (ru) f (čútočka), ничтожное (ničtožnoje) коли́чество (kolíčestvo) (ničtóžnoje kolíčestvo) n, ма́лость (ru) f (málostʹ)
• Spanish: pizca (es) f, mínimo (es) m, ápice (es) m
• Swedish: uns (sv), gnutta (sv)

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Latin

Etymology

From modicus (“moderate, middling”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.di.kum/, [ˈmɔd̪ɪkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.di.kum/, [ˈmɔːd̪ikum]

Noun

modicum n (genitive modicī); second declension

1. a little, a small amount

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	modicum	modica
Genitive	modicī	modicōrum
Dative	modicō	modicīs
Accusative	modicum	modica
Ablative	modicō	modicīs
Vocative	modicum	modica

Descendants

• English: modicum

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) modicum

1. nominative neuter singular of modicus
2. accusative masculine singular of modicus
3. accusative neuter singular of modicus
4. vocative neuter singular of modicus

References

• modicum 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)