marculentus

Latin

Etymology

From marceō (“to wither”) +‎ -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”). The ending -ulentus is usually suffixed to nouns, but this postclassical formation appears to be in analogy with other such adjectives.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mar.kuˈlen.tus/, [märkʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mar.kuˈlen.tus/, [märkuˈlɛn̪t̪us]

Adjective

marculentus (feminine marculenta, neuter marculentum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (post-classical) withered, feeble, faint

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	marculentus	marculenta	marculentum		marculentī	marculentae	marculenta
genitive	marculentī	marculentae	marculentī		marculentōrum	marculentārum	marculentōrum
dative	marculentō	marculentae	marculentō		marculentīs
accusative	marculentum	marculentam	marculentum		marculentōs	marculentās	marculenta
ablative	marculentō	marculentā	marculentō		marculentīs
vocative	marculente	marculenta	marculentum		marculentī	marculentae	marculenta

References

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