peduculus

Latin

Alternative forms

• pēduclus (Late Latin)

Etymology

Mostly post-Classical. Variant of pēdīculus, itself a diminutive of pēdis.

Noun

pēduculus m (genitive pēduculī); second declension

1. louse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pēduculus	pēduculī
Genitive	pēduculī	pēduculōrum
Dative	pēduculō	pēduculīs
Accusative	pēduculum	pēduculōs
Ablative	pēduculō	pēduculīs
Vocative	pēducule	pēduculī

Related terms

• pēduculōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: piduclju, piducljiu
• Asturian: pioyu
• Catalan: poll
• Dalmatian: pedoclo
• French: pou
• Friulian: pedoli
• Galician: piollo
• Italian: pidocchio
• Istro-Romanian: peducľu

• Occitan: pedolh, pesolh
• Portuguese: piolho
• Provençal: pesolh
• Romanian: păduche, păduchi
• Sardinian: peogu, piogu, piduciu, piducru
• Sicilian: pidocchiu
• Spanish: piojo
• Venetian: peocio

References

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