oratiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From ōrātiō (“speech”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oː.raː.tiˈun.ku.la/, [oːräːt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.rat.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [orät̪ː͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

ōrātiuncula f (genitive ōrātiunculae); first declension

1. a little speech, a few remarks

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ōrātiuncula	ōrātiunculae
genitive	ōrātiunculae	ōrātiunculārum
dative	ōrātiunculae	ōrātiunculīs
accusative	ōrātiunculam	ōrātiunculās
ablative	ōrātiunculā	ōrātiunculīs
vocative	ōrātiuncula	ōrātiunculae

References

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