pulchellus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pulcher (“beautiful”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pulchellus (feminine pulchella, neuter pulchellum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. diminutive of pulcher (“beautiful”): beautiful little

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pulchellus pulchella pulchellum pulchellī pulchellae pulchella
genitive pulchellī pulchellae pulchellī pulchellōrum pulchellārum pulchellōrum
dative pulchellō pulchellae pulchellō pulchellīs
accusative pulchellum pulchellam pulchellum pulchellōs pulchellās pulchella
ablative pulchellō pulchellā pulchellō pulchellīs
vocative pulchelle pulchella pulchellum pulchellī pulchellae pulchella

References

  • “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pulchellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “pulchellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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