fraterculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]frāterculus m (genitive frāterculī); second declension
- diminutive of frāter (“brother; friend”)
- A little brother.
- A familiar appellation given to a friend.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | frāterculus | frāterculī |
| genitive | frāterculī | frāterculōrum |
| dative | frāterculō | frāterculīs |
| accusative | frāterculum | frāterculōs |
| ablative | frāterculō | frāterculīs |
| vocative | frātercule | frāterculī |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fraterculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fraterculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fraterculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.