dicaculus

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Latin

Etymology

From dicāx (“sarcastic, witty”) +‎ -ulus (forms diminutive forms of adjectives).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dicāculus (feminine dicācula, neuter dicāculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. talkative, loquacious
  2. (rare) facetious, witty

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dicāculus dicācula dicāculum dicāculī dicāculae dicācula
genitive dicāculī dicāculae dicāculī dicāculōrum dicāculārum dicāculōrum
dative dicāculō dicāculae dicāculō dicāculīs
accusative dicāculum dicāculam dicāculum dicāculōs dicāculās dicācula
ablative dicāculō dicāculā dicāculō dicāculīs
vocative dicācule dicācula dicāculum dicāculī dicāculae dicācula

References

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