puerculus

puerculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin puer
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin puerculus

    From puer (“child, boy”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    puerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension

    1. diminutive of puer: a small boy

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative puerculus puerculī
    genitive puerculī puerculōrum
    dative puerculō puerculīs
    accusative puerculum puerculōs
    ablative puerculō puerculīs
    vocative puercule puerculī

    References

    • “puerculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “puerculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • puerculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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