vulpecula

See also: Vulpecula

Latin

Alternative forms

• volpēcula

Etymology

From vulpēs (“fox”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯ulˈpeː.ku.la/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈpeːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vulˈpe.ku.la/, [vulˈpɛːkulä]

Noun

vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension

1. Diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”)
2. A little fox

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae
Genitive	vulpēculae	vulpēculārum
Dative	vulpēculae	vulpēculīs
Accusative	vulpēculam	vulpēculās
Ablative	vulpēculā	vulpēculīs
Vocative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae

Descendants

• Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
  • French: goupil, goupille
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: vulpeya
• Old Galician-Portuguese: golpella
  • Galician: golpella
  • Portuguese: golpelha
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: volpell, volpitz
  • Occitan: volpìlh
• Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja
  • Spanish: vulpeja

See also

• vulpēs
• vulpīnus

References

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