From minor (“less, lesser, smaller”) + -culus (diminutive suffix) (built on the originally s-final stem of the adjective, attested also in the neuter nominative singular form minus).
minusculus (feminine minuscula, neuter minusculum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | minusculus | minuscula | minusculum | minusculī | minusculae | minuscula | |
genitive | minusculī | minusculae | minusculī | minusculōrum | minusculārum | minusculōrum | |
dative | minusculō | minusculae | minusculō | minusculīs | |||
accusative | minusculum | minusculam | minusculum | minusculōs | minusculās | minuscula | |
ablative | minusculō | minusculā | minusculō | minusculīs | |||
vocative | minuscule | minuscula | minusculum | minusculī | minusculae | minuscula |