minusculus

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Latin

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Adjective

minusculus (feminine minuscula, neuter minusculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. diminutive of minor
    1. rather less
    2. rather small

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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

Descendants

References

  • “minusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “minusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • minusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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