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Latin
Etymology
From homo (“human”).
Pronunciation
Noun
homunciō m (genitive homunciōnis); third declension
- little man; manikin, titman
- homunculus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
See also
References
- “homuncio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “homuncio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- homuncio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.