scriptiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From scrīptiō (“writing, composition”) +‎ -unculus (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skriːp.tiˈun.ku.la/, [s̠kriːpt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skrip.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [skript̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

scrīptiuncula f (genitive scrīptiunculae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a little piece of writing, little treatise

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scrīptiuncula	scrīptiunculae
Genitive	scrīptiunculae	scrīptiunculārum
Dative	scrīptiunculae	scrīptiunculīs
Accusative	scrīptiunculam	scrīptiunculās
Ablative	scrīptiunculā	scrīptiunculīs
Vocative	scrīptiuncula	scrīptiunculae

Related terms

• scrība
• scrībātus
• scrīnium
• scrīptilis
• scrīptiō
• scrīptiōnālis
• scrīptitō
• scrīptor
• scrīptōrium
• scrīptōrius
• scrīptula
• scrīptum
• scrīptūra
• scrīptūriō
• scrīptus

 

References

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