puerculus

Latin

Etymology

From puer (“child, boy”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puˈer.ku.lus/, [puˈɛrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈer.ku.lus/, [puˈɛrkulus]

Noun

puerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension

1. diminutive of puer: a small boy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	puerculus	puerculī
genitive	puerculī	puerculōrum
dative	puerculō	puerculīs
accusative	puerculum	puerculōs
ablative	puerculō	puerculīs
vocative	puercule	puerculī

References

• “puerculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puerculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• puerculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016