versiculus

versiculus

English

Etymology

From Latin versiculus.

Noun

versiculus (plural versiculi)

  1. Synonym of versicle.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin versus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin versiculus

    From versus (“verse”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    versiculus m (genitive versiculī); second declension

    1. short verse, single line (of prose or poetry)
    2. (in the plural) humble lines, unpretentious verses

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative versiculus versiculī
    genitive versiculī versiculōrum
    dative versiculō versiculīs
    accusative versiculum versiculōs
    ablative versiculō versiculīs
    vocative versicule versiculī

    Descendants

    • → Asturian: versículu
    • → English: versicle, versiculus
    • Italian: versicolo
    • Old French: versicule
    • → Portuguese: versículo
    • → Spanish: versículo

    References

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