aqualiculus

Latin

Etymology

From aquālis (“washbasin”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.kʷaːˈli.ku.lus/, [äkʷäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kwaˈli.ku.lus/, [äkwäˈliːkulus]

Noun

aquāliculus m (genitive aquāliculī); second declension

1. (literally) diminutive of aquālis: small water vessel
2. (anatomy) stomach, maw
   • c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 90
3. belly, paunch
   • c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 1.57

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aquāliculus	aquāliculī
genitive	aquāliculī	aquāliculōrum
dative	aquāliculō	aquāliculīs
accusative	aquāliculum	aquāliculōs
ablative	aquāliculō	aquāliculīs
vocative	aquālicule	aquāliculī

References

• “aqualiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press