vulpecula

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Latin

Alternative forms

volpēcula

Etymology

From vulpēs (“fox”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Noun

vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension

diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”)
A little fox

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae
genitive	vulpēculae	vulpēculārum
dative	vulpēculae	vulpēculīs
accusative	vulpēculam	vulpēculās
ablative	vulpēculā	vulpēculīs
vocative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae

Descendants

Franco-Provençal: gouorpely
Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
- French: goupil, goupille
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: vulpeya
Old Galician-Portuguese: golpella
- Galician: golpella
- Portuguese: golpelha
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: volpell, volpitz
- Occitan: volpìlh
Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja
- Spanish: vulpeja

See also

References

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

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