serviculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From servus (“slave”) + -culus (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /serˈu̯i.ku.lus/, [s̠ɛrˈu̯ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /serˈvi.ku.lus/, [serˈviːkulus]
Adjective
[edit]serviculus (feminine servicula, neuter serviculum); first/second-declension adjective
- a little slave
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | serviculus | servicula | serviculum | serviculī | serviculae | servicula | |
| genitive | serviculī | serviculae | serviculī | serviculōrum | serviculārum | serviculōrum | |
| dative | serviculō | serviculae | serviculō | serviculīs | |||
| accusative | serviculum | serviculam | serviculum | serviculōs | serviculās | servicula | |
| ablative | serviculō | serviculā | serviculō | serviculīs | |||
| vocative | servicule | servicula | serviculum | serviculī | serviculae | servicula | |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “serviculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- serviculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.