Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From puer (“child, boy”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [puˈɛr.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [puˈɛr.ku.lus]
Noun
[edit]puerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension
- diminutive of puer: a small boy
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | puerculus | puerculī |
| genitive | puerculī | puerculōrum |
| dative | puerculō | puerculīs |
| accusative | puerculum | puerculōs |
| ablative | puerculō | puerculīs |
| vocative | puercule | puerculī |
References
[edit]- “puerculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “puerculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- puerculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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