dicaculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dicāx (“sarcastic, witty”) + -ulus (forms diminutive forms of adjectives).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /diˈkaː.ku.lus/, [d̪ɪˈkäːkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈka.ku.lus/, [d̪iˈkäːkulus]
Adjective
[edit]dicāculus (feminine dicācula, neuter dicāculum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | dicāculus | dicācula | dicāculum | dicāculī | dicāculae | dicācula | |
| genitive | dicāculī | dicāculae | dicāculī | dicāculōrum | dicāculārum | dicāculōrum | |
| dative | dicāculō | dicāculae | dicāculō | dicāculīs | |||
| accusative | dicāculum | dicāculam | dicāculum | dicāculōs | dicāculās | dicācula | |
| ablative | dicāculō | dicāculā | dicāculō | dicāculīs | |||
| vocative | dicācule | dicācula | dicāculum | dicāculī | dicāculae | dicācula | |
References
[edit]- “dicaculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dicaculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.