pulchellus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pulcher (“beautiful”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pulˈkʰel.lus/, [pʊɫ̪ˈkʰɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pulˈkel.lus/, [pulˈkɛlːus]
Adjective
[edit]pulchellus (feminine pulchella, neuter pulchellum); first/second-declension adjective
- diminutive of pulcher (“beautiful”): beautiful little
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | pulchellus | pulchella | pulchellum | pulchellī | pulchellae | pulchella | |
| genitive | pulchellī | pulchellae | pulchellī | pulchellōrum | pulchellārum | pulchellōrum | |
| dative | pulchellō | pulchellae | pulchellō | pulchellīs | |||
| accusative | pulchellum | pulchellam | pulchellum | pulchellōs | pulchellās | pulchella | |
| ablative | pulchellō | pulchellā | pulchellō | pulchellīs | |||
| vocative | pulchelle | pulchella | pulchellum | pulchellī | pulchellae | pulchella | |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pulchellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pulchellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray