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Latin

Etymology

From paucus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pauculus (feminine paucula, neuter pauculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. diminutive of paucus: very few or little

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pauculus paucula pauculum pauculī pauculae paucula
genitive pauculī pauculae pauculī pauculōrum pauculārum pauculōrum
dative pauculō pauculae pauculō pauculīs
accusative pauculum pauculam pauculum pauculōs pauculās paucula
ablative pauculō pauculā pauculō pauculīs
vocative paucule paucula pauculum pauculī pauculae paucula

References

  • pauculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pauculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pauculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pauculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016