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Latin
Etymology
From pūmilus + -iō. Sometimes interpreted as formed by analogy with Ancient Greek Πυγμαῖοι (Pugmaîoi, “the Pigmies”), from πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”), but problematic. If so, ultimately cognate also with pugnus (“fist”).
Noun
pūmiliō m or f (genitive pūmiliōnis); third declension
- dwarf
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “pumilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pumilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.