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Latin
Etymology
From homō (“human”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
homullus m (genitive homullī); second declension
- Diminutive of homō (“man”)
- little man; manikin
- homunculus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
See also
References
- “homullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “homullus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- homullus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- homullus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- homullus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016