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Latin
Etymology
From pōmum (“fruit”) + -usculus (diminutive suffix).
Noun
pōmusculum n (genitive pōmusculī); second declension
- diminutive of pōmum (“fruit”)
c. 6th century CE,
Anthologia Latina 171 (Riese) or 160 (later editors).3:
- Omne genus mali dignum est adsurgere citro,
Vis cui multa subest corticis et medii.
Unum quaeque suum referunt pomuscula sucum:
Ternus ab hoc semper carpitur ore sapor.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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