pulchellus

pulchellus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin pulcher
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin pulchellus

    From pulcher (“beautiful”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    pulchellus (feminine pulchella, neuter pulchellum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. diminutive of pulcher (“beautiful”): beautiful little

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative pulchellus pulchella pulchellum pulchellī pulchellae pulchella
    genitive pulchellī pulchellae pulchellī pulchellōrum pulchellārum pulchellōrum
    dative pulchellō pulchellae pulchellō pulchellīs
    accusative pulchellum pulchellam pulchellum pulchellōs pulchellās pulchella
    ablative pulchellō pulchellā pulchellō pulchellīs
    vocative pulchelle pulchella pulchellum pulchellī pulchellae pulchella

    References

    • “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “pulchellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • “pulchellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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