passerculus

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of passer (“sparrow”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pasˈser.ku.lus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pasˈser.ku.lus/,

Noun

passerculus m (genitive passerculī); second declension

a little sparrow
a term of endearment

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	passerculus	passerculī
Genitive	passerculī	passerculōrum
Dative	passerculō	passerculīs
Accusative	passerculum	passerculōs
Ablative	passerculō	passerculīs
Vocative	passercule	passerculī

Related terms

References

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

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