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Latin
Etymology
cōntiō (“speech before a public assembly”) + -cula (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
cōntiuncula f (genitive cōntiunculae); first declension
- (rare) a short harangue or speech
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers