parvulus
Latin
Alternative forms
- parvolus (for the adjective)
Etymology
Diminutive form of parvus + -lus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpar.u̯u.lus/, [ˈpäru̯ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.vu.lus/, [ˈpärvulus]
Adjective
parvulus (feminine parvula, neuter parvulum); first/second-declension adjective
- little, petty, slight, unimportant
- young
- insufficient
- indiscreet
- deficient in understanding
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | parvulus | parvula | parvulum | parvulī | parvulae | parvula | |
Genitive | parvulī | parvulae | parvulī | parvulōrum | parvulārum | parvulōrum | |
Dative | parvulō | parvulō | parvulīs | ||||
Accusative | parvulum | parvulam | parvulum | parvulōs | parvulās | parvula | |
Ablative | parvulō | parvulā | parvulō | parvulīs | |||
Vocative | parvule | parvula | parvulum | parvulī | parvulae | parvula |
Noun
parvulus m (genitive parvulī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | parvulus | parvulī |
Genitive | parvulī | parvulōrum |
Dative | parvulō | parvulīs |
Accusative | parvulum | parvulōs |
Ablative | parvulō | parvulīs |
Vocative | parvule | parvulī |
References
- “parvulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parvulus 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)
- parvulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)
- from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)