pedicellus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

pedicellus

1. The base of the antenna of some insects

Latin

Etymology 1

From pedīculus (“little foot”) +‎ -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.diːˈkel.lus/, [pɛd̪iːˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.diˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [ped̪iˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Noun

pedīcellus m (genitive pedīcellī); second declension (New Latin)

1. little foot

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pedīcellus	pedīcellī
Genitive	pedīcellī	pedīcellōrum
Dative	pedīcellō	pedīcellīs
Accusative	pedīcellum	pedīcellōs
Ablative	pedīcellō	pedīcellīs
Vocative	pedīcelle	pedīcellī

Descendants

• → English: pedicel
• → French: pédicelle
• → Italian: pedicello (ety. 1)
• → Portuguese: pedicelo
• → Spanish: pedicelo

Etymology 2

From pēdīculus +‎ -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēdis (“louse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peː.diːˈkel.lus/, [peːd̪iːˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.diˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [ped̪iˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Noun

pēdīcellus m (genitive pēdīcellī); second declension (Late Latin)

1. a little louse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pēdīcellus	pēdīcellī
Genitive	pēdīcellī	pēdīcellōrum
Dative	pēdīcellō	pēdīcellīs
Accusative	pēdīcellum	pēdīcellōs
Ablative	pēdīcellō	pēdīcellīs
Vocative	pēdīcelle	pēdīcellī

Descendants

• Italian: pedicello (ety. 2)
• Balkan Romance: (← *peducellus)
  • Megleno-Romanian: piduțel
  • Romanian: păducel

References

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