herbuscula
Latin
Etymology
From herba (“plant”) + -uscula (diminutive suffix), possibly modeled after arbuscula from arbor, since the regularly formed diminutive of herba is herbula.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛrˈbʊs.kʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [erˈbus.ku.la]
Noun
herbuscula f (genitive herbusculae); first declension
- a little herb or plant
- c. 410 CE – 429 CE, Martianus Capella, De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii 2.100:
- Deinde ipsi sociandam esse Cyllenio, quem licet miro semper optarit ardore, tamen uix eum post unctionem palaestricam recurrentem, dum flores ipsa decerperet praelectis quibusdam herbusculis, conspicata.
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- Deinde ipsi sociandam esse Cyllenio, quem licet miro semper optarit ardore, tamen uix eum post unctionem palaestricam recurrentem, dum flores ipsa decerperet praelectis quibusdam herbusculis, conspicata.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | herbuscula | herbusculae |
| genitive | herbusculae | herbusculārum |
| dative | herbusculae | herbusculīs |
| accusative | herbusculam | herbusculās |
| ablative | herbusculā | herbusculīs |
| vocative | herbuscula | herbusculae |
References
- “herbuscula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- herbuscula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.