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Latin
Etymology
From inventiō (“invention”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
inventiuncula f (genitive inventiunculae); first declension
- (post-Augustan) diminutive of inventiō: trifling invention
c. 95 CE,
Quintilian,
Institutes of Oratory 8.5.22:
- Ad hoc plerique minimis etiam inventiunculis gaudent, quae excussae risum habent
- Moreover, many also take delight in even the smallest inventions, which when revealed provoke laughter
Inflection
First-declension noun.
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