maiusculus

Latin

Alternative forms

• majusculus

Etymology

From maior (“more, greater”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix) (built on the originally s-final stem of the adjective, attested also in the neuter nominative singular form maius).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mai̯ˈi̯us.ku.lus/, [mäi̯ˈi̯ʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈjus.ku.lus/, [mäˈjuskulus]

Adjective

maiusculus (feminine maiuscula, neuter maiusculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of maior: somewhat greater, larger or older

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	maiusculus	maiuscula	maiusculum		maiusculī	maiusculae	maiuscula
genitive	maiusculī	maiusculae	maiusculī		maiusculōrum	maiusculārum	maiusculōrum
dative	maiusculō	maiusculae	maiusculō		maiusculīs
accusative	maiusculum	maiusculam	maiusculum		maiusculōs	maiusculās	maiuscula
ablative	maiusculō	maiusculā	maiusculō		maiusculīs
vocative	maiuscule	maiuscula	maiusculum		maiusculī	maiusculae	maiuscula

Descendants

• → Catalan: majúscul
• → French: majuscule
  • → English: majuscule, maiuscule
• → Italian: maiuscolo, maiuscola
• → Portuguese: maiúsculo
• → Romanian: majuscul
• → Spanish: mayúsculo

References

• “maiusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maiusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers