pulvisculus

Latin

Etymology

From pulvis (“dust”) +‎ -culus (deminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pulˈu̯is.ku.lus/, [pʊɫ̪ˈu̯ɪs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pulˈvis.ku.lus/, [pulˈviskulus]

Noun

pulvisculus m (genitive pulvisculī); second declension

1. fine dust, fine powder
2. (in the phrase cum pulvisculō) wholly, completely

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pulvisculus	pulvisculī
genitive	pulvisculī	pulvisculōrum
dative	pulvisculō	pulvisculīs
accusative	pulvisculum	pulvisculōs
ablative	pulvisculō	pulvisculīs
vocative	pulviscule	pulvisculī

References

• “pulvisculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press