rogatiuncula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of rogātiō (“proposed bill; question”), from rogō (“ask; request”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ro.ɡaː.tiˈun.ku.la/, [rɔɡäːt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ro.ɡat.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [roɡät̪ː͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

rogātiuncula f (genitive rogātiunculae); first declension

1. An unimportant proposed law, decree or bill.
2. A little or minor question.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rogātiuncula	rogātiunculae
genitive	rogātiunculae	rogātiunculārum
dative	rogātiunculae	rogātiunculīs
accusative	rogātiunculam	rogātiunculās
ablative	rogātiunculā	rogātiunculīs
vocative	rogātiuncula	rogātiunculae

Related terms

• rogāmentum
• rogātiō
• rogātor
• rogātus
• rogitātiō
• rogitō
• rogō

References

• “rogatiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rogatiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rogatiuncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.