porculus

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from porcus (“pig”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

porculus m (genitive porculī); second declension (diminutive of porcus)

piglet; a little pig.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	porculus	porculī
genitive	porculī	porculōrum
dative	porculō	porculīs
accusative	porculum	porculōs
ablative	porculō	porculīs
vocative	porcule	porculī

Related terms

porcus

Descendants

Translingual: Helophorus porculus, Uromys porculus

References

“porculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
porculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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