punctiuncula
Latin
Etymology
From pūnctiō (“puncture, pricking”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [puːŋk.tiˈʊŋ.kʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [puŋk.t̪͡s̪iˈuŋ.ku.la]
Noun
pūnctiuncula f (genitive pūnctiunculae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pūnctiuncula | pūnctiunculae |
| genitive | pūnctiunculae | pūnctiunculārum |
| dative | pūnctiunculae | pūnctiunculīs |
| accusative | pūnctiunculam | pūnctiunculās |
| ablative | pūnctiunculā | pūnctiunculīs |
| vocative | pūnctiuncula | pūnctiunculae |
References
- “punctiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- punctiuncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.