pusillus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of pūsus (“little boy”) +‎ -illus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puˈsil.lus/, [pʊˈs̠ɪlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈsil.lus/, [puˈs̬ilːus]

Adjective

pusillus (feminine pusilla, neuter pusillum); first/second-declension adjective

1. very little, very small, tiny
2. petty, insignificant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pusillus	pusilla	pusillum		pusillī	pusillae	pusilla
Genitive	pusillī	pusillae	pusillī		pusillōrum	pusillārum	pusillōrum
Dative	pusillō		pusillō		pusillīs
Accusative	pusillum	pusillam	pusillum		pusillōs	pusillās	pusilla
Ablative	pusillō	pusillā	pusillō		pusillīs
Vocative	pusille	pusilla	pusillum		pusillī	pusillae	pusilla

Derived terms

• pusillanimis
• pusillitās
• pusillulus

References

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