petulcus

Latin

Etymology

From petō (“I attack”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈtul.kus/, [pɛˈt̪ʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈtul.kus/, [peˈt̪ulkus]

Adjective

petulcus (feminine petulca, neuter petulcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. butting (of horns or head)
2. wanton, frisky

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	petulcus	petulca	petulcum		petulcī	petulcae	petulca
genitive	petulcī	petulcae	petulcī		petulcōrum	petulcārum	petulcōrum
dative	petulcō	petulcae	petulcō		petulcīs
accusative	petulcum	petulcam	petulcum		petulcōs	petulcās	petulca
ablative	petulcō	petulcā	petulcō		petulcīs
vocative	petulce	petulca	petulcum		petulcī	petulcae	petulca

Descendants

• → Italian: petulco (learned)

References

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