trunculus

trunculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin truncus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin trunculus

    From truncus + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

    Noun

    trunculus m (genitive trunculī); second declension

    1. a small piece cut off from the body; tip

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative trunculus trunculī
    genitive trunculī trunculōrum
    dative trunculō trunculīs
    accusative trunculum trunculōs
    ablative trunculō trunculīs
    vocative truncule trunculī

    Descendants

    • ⇒ French: tronculaire
    • ⇒ Italian: tronculare
    • Portuguese: troncho, tronchar
    • Romanian: trunchi
    • Spanish: troncho, tronchar

    References

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