contiuncula

Latin

Etymology

cōntiō (“speech before a public assembly”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koːn.tiˈun.ku.la/, [koːn̪t̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [kont̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

cōntiuncula f (genitive cōntiunculae); first declension

1. (rare) a short harangue or speech

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	cōntiuncula	cōntiunculae
genitive	cōntiunculae	cōntiunculārum
dative	cōntiunculae	cōntiunculīs
accusative	cōntiunculam	cōntiunculās
ablative	cōntiunculā	cōntiunculīs
vocative	cōntiuncula	cōntiunculae

References

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