flucticulus

Latin

Etymology

From flūctus (“a wave, billow”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /flukˈti.ku.lus/, [fɫ̪ʊkˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flukˈti.ku.lus/, [flukˈt̪iːkulus]

Noun

flūcticulus m (genitive flūcticulī); second declension

1. diminutive of flūctus (“wave, billow”): a little wave, wavelet, ripple

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	flūcticulus	flūcticulī
genitive	flūcticulī	flūcticulōrum
dative	flūcticulō	flūcticulīs
accusative	flūcticulum	flūcticulōs
ablative	flūcticulō	flūcticulīs
vocative	flūcticule	flūcticulī

References

• “flucticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• flucticulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.