-usculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncommon variant of the diminutive suffix -culus (itself from -ulus), formed by rebracketing of diminutives derived from original s-stem nouns (such as opusculum from opus, operis n).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈus.ku.lus/, [ˈʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈus.ku.lus/, [ˈuskulus]
Suffix
[edit]-usculus (feminine -uscula, neuter -usculum); first/second-declension suffix
- Suffix forming diminutive forms of nouns, ultimately an extended form of -ulus.
- herba (“plant, herb”) → herbuscula (“little plant”)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -usculus | -uscula | -usculum | -usculī | -usculae | -uscula | |
| genitive | -usculī | -usculae | -usculī | -usculōrum | -usculārum | -usculōrum | |
| dative | -usculō | -usculae | -usculō | -usculīs | |||
| accusative | -usculum | -usculam | -usculum | -usculōs | -usculās | -uscula | |
| ablative | -usculō | -usculā | -usculō | -usculīs | |||
| vocative | -uscule | -uscula | -usculum | -usculī | -usculae | -uscula | |