versiculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from versus (“verse”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈsi.ku.lus/, [u̯ɛrˈs̠ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈsi.ku.lus/, [verˈsiːkulus]

Noun

versiculus m (genitive versiculī); second declension

1. short verse, single line (of prose or poetry)
2. (in the plural) humble lines, unpretentious verses

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	versiculus	versiculī
Genitive	versiculī	versiculōrum
Dative	versiculō	versiculīs
Accusative	versiculum	versiculōs
Ablative	versiculō	versiculīs
Vocative	versicule	versiculī

Descendants

• English: versicle, versiculus
• Italian: versicolo
• Old French: versicule
  • English: versicule
• Portuguese: versiculo
• Spanish: versiculo

References

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