misellus

misellus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin miser
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin misellus

    From miser (“wretched”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    misellus (feminine misella, neuter misellum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. diminutive of miser (“poor, wretched”)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative misellus misella misellum misellī misellae misella
    genitive misellī misellae misellī misellōrum misellārum misellōrum
    dative misellō misellae misellō misellīs
    accusative misellum misellam misellum misellōs misellās misella
    ablative misellō misellā misellō misellīs
    vocative miselle misella misellum misellī misellae misella

    Descendants

    • Balkano-Romance:
      • Romanian: mișel
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: misello (“miserable”), ⇒ miserello
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Catalan: mesell
      • Old French: mesel (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • “misellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “misellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “misellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.