renunculus

Latin

Etymology

From rēn +‎ -unculus.

Noun

rēnunculus m (genitive rēnunculī); second declension (diminutive of rēn)

  1. (chiefly in the plural or Late Latin) little kidney

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rēnunculus rēnunculī
genitive rēnunculī rēnunculōrum
dative rēnunculō rēnunculīs
accusative rēnunculum rēnunculōs
ablative rēnunculō rēnunculīs
vocative rēnuncule rēnunculī

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Romanian: rărunchi
  • Romansch: gnirunchel, narunchel, niruncel, nirunchel, ranuogl

References

  • renunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • renunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.