opiniuncula

Latin

Etymology

From opīniō (opinion) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.piː.niˈun.ku.la/, [ɔpiːniˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.pi.niˈun.ku.la/, [opiniˈuŋkulä]

Noun

opīniuncula f (genitive opīniunculae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a slight opinion, weak opinion
   • 1699, Cornelius à Lapide, Commentaria in Sacram Scripturam‎^[1], I. Nagar, published 1859, page 693:

     si profutura ea tibimet, vel tenui opiniuncula iudicar-
     es

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	opīniuncula	opīniunculae
genitive	opīniunculae	opīniunculārum
dative	opīniunculae	opīniunculīs
accusative	opīniunculam	opīniunculās
ablative	opīniunculā	opīniunculīs
vocative	opīniuncula	opīniunculae

References

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