homuncio

Latin

Etymology

From homo (“human”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hoˈmun.ki.oː/, [hɔˈmʊŋkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈmun.t͡ʃi.o/, [oˈmun̠ʲt͡ʃio]

Noun

homunciō m (genitive homunciōnis); third declension

1. little man; manikin, titman
2. homunculus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	homunciō	homunciōnēs
genitive	homunciōnis	homunciōnum
dative	homunciōnī	homunciōnibus
accusative	homunciōnem	homunciōnēs
ablative	homunciōne	homunciōnibus
vocative	homunciō	homunciōnēs

See also

• homunculus, homullus

References

• “homuncio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “homuncio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• homuncio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.