renunculus

Latin

Etymology

From rēn +‎ -unculus.

Noun

rēnunculus m (genitive rēnunculī); second declension (diminutive of rēn)

1. (chiefly in the plural or Late Latin) little kidney

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rēnunculus	rēnunculī
genitive	rēnunculī	rēnunculōrum
dative	rēnunculō	rēnunculīs
accusative	rēnunculum	rēnunculōs
ablative	rēnunculō	rēnunculīs
vocative	rēnuncule	rēnunculī

Synonyms

• rēniculus

Descendants

• Romanian: rărunchi
• Romansch: gnirunchel, narunchel, niruncel, nirunchel, ranuogl

References

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