lucubratiuncula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of lūcubrātiō (“the act of working by night, candlelight or lamplight”), from lūcubrō (“work by night, candlelight or lamplight; compose by night, candlelight or lamplight”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luː.ku.braː.tiˈun.ku.la/, [ɫ̪uːkʊbräːt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lu.ku.brat.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [lukubrät̪ː͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

lūcubrātiuncula f (genitive lūcubrātiunculae); first declension

1. The act of working by night; lucubration, nocturnal study, night work.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lūcubrātiuncula	lūcubrātiunculae
genitive	lūcubrātiunculae	lūcubrātiunculārum
dative	lūcubrātiunculae	lūcubrātiunculīs
accusative	lūcubrātiunculam	lūcubrātiunculās
ablative	lūcubrātiunculā	lūcubrātiunculīs
vocative	lūcubrātiuncula	lūcubrātiunculae

Synonyms

• (nocturnal study): lūcubrātiō

Related terms

• ēlūcubrō
• lūcubrātiō
• lūcubrātōrius
• lūcubrātus
• lūcubrō

References

• “lucubratiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucubratiuncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• lucubratiuncula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016