trunculus

Latin

Etymology

From truncus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

trunculus m (genitive trunculī); second declension

1. a small piece cut off from the body; tip

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trunculus	trunculī
Genitive	trunculī	trunculōrum
Dative	trunculō	trunculīs
Accusative	trunculum	trunculōs
Ablative	trunculō	trunculīs
Vocative	truncule	trunculī

Descendants

• French: tronculaire
• Italian: tronculare
• Portuguese: troncho, tronchar
• Romanian: trunchi
• Spanish: troncho, tronchar

References

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