meretricula

Latin

Etymology

From meretrīx +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.reˈtriː.ku.la/, [mɛrɛˈt̪riːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.reˈtri.ku.la/, [mereˈt̪riːkulä]

Noun

meretrīcula f (genitive meretrīculae); first declension

1. diminutive of meretrīx (“a female prostitute or courtesan”).
2. cute little wench

   Synonym: (pejorative) scortillum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	meretrīcula	meretrīculae
genitive	meretrīculae	meretrīculārum
dative	meretrīculae	meretrīculīs
accusative	meretrīculam	meretrīculās
ablative	meretrīculā	meretrīculīs
vocative	meretrīcula	meretrīculae

References

• “meretrīcula” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Further reading

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