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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of paetus (“having a cast in the eyes, blinking or winking with the eyes”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
paetulus (feminine paetula, neuter paetulum); first/second-declension adjective
- Having a slight cast in the eyes; blinking, winking or squinting slightly.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “paetulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “paetulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- paetulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- paetulus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016