punctulum

punctulum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin pūnctus
Latin pūnctum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin ulum
Latin pūnctulum

    From pūnctum (“point”) + ulum (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    pūnctulum n (genitive pūnctulī); second declension (diminutive of pūnctum)

    1. small prick, point or spot

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative pūnctulum pūnctula
    genitive pūnctulī pūnctulōrum
    dative pūnctulō pūnctulīs
    accusative pūnctulum pūnctula
    ablative pūnctulō pūnctulīs
    vocative pūnctulum pūnctula

    Descendants

    • English: punctule

    References

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