virguncula

Latin

Etymology

From virgō +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡun.ku.la/, [u̯ɪrˈɡʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈɡun.ku.la/, [virˈɡuŋkulä]

Noun

virguncula f (genitive virgunculae); first declension

1. diminutive of virgō (“little girl, maiden”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	virguncula	virgunculae
genitive	virgunculae	virgunculārum
dative	virgunculae	virgunculīs
accusative	virgunculam	virgunculās
ablative	virgunculā	virgunculīs
vocative	virguncula	virgunculae

Synonyms

• puellula

Descendants

• English: virguncule

References

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