scriptiuncula
Latin
Etymology
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Latin scrīptiō
Latin scrīptiuncula
From scrīptiō (“writing, composition”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skriːp.tiˈʊŋ.kʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [skrip.t͡siˈuŋ.ku.la]
Noun
scrīptiuncula f (genitive scrīptiunculae); first declension
- (Late Latin) a little piece of writing, little treatise
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scrīptiuncula | scrīptiunculae |
| genitive | scrīptiunculae | scrīptiunculārum |
| dative | scrīptiunculae | scrīptiunculīs |
| accusative | scrīptiunculam | scrīptiunculās |
| ablative | scrīptiunculā | scrīptiunculīs |
| vocative | scrīptiuncula | scrīptiunculae |
Related terms
References
- “scriptiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scriptiuncula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.