tantillus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of tantulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tanˈtil.lus/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪ɪlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tanˈtil.lus/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪ilːus]

Adjective

tantillus (feminine tantilla, neuter tantillum); first/second-declension adjective

1. so little, so small

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tantillus	tantilla	tantillum		tantillī	tantillae	tantilla
genitive	tantillī	tantillae	tantillī		tantillōrum	tantillārum	tantillōrum
dative	tantillō	tantillae	tantillō		tantillīs
accusative	tantillum	tantillam	tantillum		tantillōs	tantillās	tantilla
ablative	tantillō	tantillā	tantillō		tantillīs
vocative	tantille	tantilla	tantillum		tantillī	tantillae	tantilla

See also

• quantillus

References

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