frigusculum

Latin

Etymology

From frīgus (“cold, coldness”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /friːˈɡus.ku.lum/, [friːˈɡʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /friˈɡus.ku.lum/, [friˈɡuskulum]

Adjective

frīgusculum n (genitive frīgusculī); second declension

1. (post-classical) slight cold

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	frīgusculum	frīguscula
genitive	frīgusculī	frīgusculōrum
dative	frīgusculō	frīgusculīs
accusative	frīgusculum	frīguscula
ablative	frīgusculō	frīgusculīs
vocative	frīgusculum	frīguscula

References

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