fericulus

fericulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
Latin ferus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin fericulus

    From ferus (“wild”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    fericulus (feminine fericula, neuter fericulum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. diminutive of ferus; somewhat wild

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative fericulus fericula fericulum fericulī fericulae fericula
    genitive fericulī fericulae fericulī fericulōrum fericulārum fericulōrum
    dative fericulō fericulae fericulō fericulīs
    accusative fericulum fericulam fericulum fericulōs fericulās fericula
    ablative fericulō fericulā fericulō fericulīs
    vocative fericule fericula fericulum fericulī fericulae fericula

    References

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