simiolus

simiolus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin simius
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -olus
Latin sīmiolus

    From simius (“ape, monkey”) + -olus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sīmiolus m (genitive sīmiolī); second declension

    1. small ape or monkey (often as a term of abuse)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sīmiolus sīmiolī
    genitive sīmiolī sīmiolōrum
    dative sīmiolō sīmiolīs
    accusative sīmiolum sīmiolōs
    ablative sīmiolō sīmiolīs
    vocative sīmiole sīmiolī

    References

    • “simiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “simiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “simiolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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