munusculum

Latin

Etymology

From mūnus (“service, favor, gift”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muːˈnus.ku.lum/, [muːˈnʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muˈnus.ku.lum/, [muˈnuskulum]

Noun

mūnusculum n (genitive mūnusculī); second declension

1. diminutive of mūnus: small present, service or favour

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mūnusculum	mūnuscula
genitive	mūnusculī	mūnusculōrum
dative	mūnusculō	mūnusculīs
accusative	mūnusculum	mūnuscula
ablative	mūnusculō	mūnusculīs
vocative	mūnusculum	mūnuscula

References

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