captiuncula

Latin

Etymology

captiō (“deception, quibble”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kap.tiˈun.ku.la/, [käpt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kap.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [käpt̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

captiuncula f (genitive captiunculae); first declension

1. a quirk, sophism, fallacy

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	captiuncula	captiunculae
genitive	captiunculae	captiunculārum
dative	captiunculae	captiunculīs
accusative	captiunculam	captiunculās
ablative	captiunculā	captiunculīs
vocative	captiuncula	captiunculae

References

• “captiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “captiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers