acūtulus (feminine acūtula, neuter acūtulum, adverb acūtule); first/second-declension adjective
The difference in meaning between the diminutive and the base adjective is disputed: Lewis and Short defines it as "somewhat pointed, acute, or subtile", i.e. as "acūtus to a small extent" or "possessing a small amount of the quality described by the word acūtus", but Petersen argues that this reading of the word as a "diminutive of quality" is incorrect, and that the diminutive instead either expresses the smallness of the modified noun, or has a "deteriorative" sense (serving to express a negative shade of emotion such as contempt) relative to the original adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | acūtulus | acūtula | acūtulum | acūtulī | acūtulae | acūtula | |
Genitive | acūtulī | acūtulae | acūtulī | acūtulōrum | acūtulārum | acūtulōrum | |
Dative | acūtulō | acūtulō | acūtulīs | ||||
Accusative | acūtulum | acūtulam | acūtulum | acūtulōs | acūtulās | acūtula | |
Ablative | acūtulō | acūtulā | acūtulō | acūtulīs | |||
Vocative | acūtule | acūtula | acūtulum | acūtulī | acūtulae | acūtula |