trunculus

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Latin

Etymology

From truncus +‎ -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

trunculus m (genitive trunculī); second declension

  1. a small piece cut off from the body; tip

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trunculus trunculī
Genitive trunculī trunculōrum
Dative trunculō trunculīs
Accusative trunculum trunculōs
Ablative trunculō trunculīs
Vocative truncule trunculī

Descendants

References

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