opusculum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opusculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈpʌs.kjuː.ləm/
• Hyphenation: o‧pus‧cu‧lum

Noun

opusculum (plural opuscula)

1. An opuscule; a short work.

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Latin

Etymology

opus (“work, labor”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈpus.ku.lum/, [ɔˈpʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈpus.ku.lum/, [oˈpuskulum]

Noun

opusculum n (genitive opusculī); second declension

1. a little work, a trifle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	opusculum	opuscula
Genitive	opusculī	opusculōrum
Dative	opusculō	opusculīs
Accusative	opusculum	opuscula
Ablative	opusculō	opusculīs
Vocative	opusculum	opuscula

Descendants

• English: opuscule
• French: opuscule
• Italian: opuscolo
• Spanish: opúsculo

References

• “opusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opusculum 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)
• opusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.