longiusculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of longior, comparative of longus (“far, long”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lon.ɡiˈus.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪ɔŋɡiˈʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lon.d͡ʒiˈus.ku.lus/, [lon̠ʲd͡ʒiˈuskulus]

Adjective

longiusculus (feminine longiuscula, neuter longiusculum, adverb longiusculē); first/second-declension adjective

1. (of space) A little longer or rather long or lengthy.
2. (of time) A little longer or rather long.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	longiusculus	longiuscula	longiusculum		longiusculī	longiusculae	longiuscula
genitive	longiusculī	longiusculae	longiusculī		longiusculōrum	longiusculārum	longiusculōrum
dative	longiusculō	longiusculae	longiusculō		longiusculīs
accusative	longiusculum	longiusculam	longiusculum		longiusculōs	longiusculās	longiuscula
ablative	longiusculō	longiusculā	longiusculō		longiusculīs
vocative	longiuscule	longiuscula	longiusculum		longiusculī	longiusculae	longiuscula

Derived terms

• longiusculē

Related terms

Related terms

• longaevitās
• longaevus
• longanimis
• longanimitās
• longanimiter
• longē
• longiloquium
• longinquē
• longinquitās
• longinquō
• longinquus
• longipēs
• longiscō
• longiter
• longitia
• longitūdō
• longiturnitās
• longiturnus
• longivīvāx
• longulē
• longulus
• longuriō
• longurius
• longus

References

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