punctiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From pūnctiō (“puncture, pricking”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːnk.tiˈun.ku.la/, [puːŋkt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /punk.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [puŋkt̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

pūnctiuncula f (genitive pūnctiunculae); first declension

1. diminutive of pūnctiō: a slight pricking, a pricking pain

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūnctiuncula	pūnctiunculae
genitive	pūnctiunculae	pūnctiunculārum
dative	pūnctiunculae	pūnctiunculīs
accusative	pūnctiunculam	pūnctiunculās
ablative	pūnctiunculā	pūnctiunculīs
vocative	pūnctiuncula	pūnctiunculae

References

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