pullicenus

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Latin

Etymology

From pullus (chick, chicken).

Pronunciation

Noun

pullicēnus m (genitive pullicēnī); second declension

  1. a chick, chicken

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pullicēnus pullicēnī
genitive pullicēnī pullicēnōrum
dative pullicēnō pullicēnīs
accusative pullicēnum pullicēnōs
ablative pullicēnō pullicēnīs
vocative pullicēne pullicēnī

Descendants

  • French: poussin
  • Italian: pulcino
  • Sicilian: puḍḍicinu

References

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