pullicenus

Latin

Etymology

From pullus (“chick, chicken”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pul.liˈkeː.nus/, [pʊlːʲɪˈkeːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pul.liˈt͡ʃe.nus/, [pulːiˈt͡ʃɛːnus]

Noun

pullicēnus m (genitive pullicēnī); second declension

1. a chick, chicken

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pullicēnus	pullicēnī
genitive	pullicēnī	pullicēnōrum
dative	pullicēnō	pullicēnīs
accusative	pullicēnum	pullicēnōs
ablative	pullicēnō	pullicēnīs
vocative	pullicēne	pullicēnī

Descendants

• French: poussin
• Italian: pulcino
• Sicilian: puḍḍicinu

References

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