puerculus

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Latin

Etymology

From puer (“child, boy”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

puerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension

  1. diminutive of puer: a small boy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative puerculus puerculī
genitive puerculī puerculōrum
dative puerculō puerculīs
accusative puerculum puerculōs
ablative puerculō puerculīs
vocative puercule puerculī

References

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