munusculum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mūnus (“service, favor, gift”) + -culum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /muːˈnus.ku.lum/, [muːˈnʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /muˈnus.ku.lum/, [muˈnuskulum]
Noun
[edit]mūnusculum n (genitive mūnusculī); second declension
- diminutive of mūnus: small present, service or favour
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūnusculum | mūnuscula |
| Genitive | mūnusculī | mūnusculōrum |
| Dative | mūnusculō | mūnusculīs |
| Accusative | mūnusculum | mūnuscula |
| Ablative | mūnusculō | mūnusculīs |
| Vocative | mūnusculum | mūnuscula |
References
[edit]- “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.