tirunculus

Latin

Etymology

From tirō +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

tīrunculus m (genitive tīrunculī); second declension

  1. diminutive of tirō: small or young recruit

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tīrunculus tīrunculī
genitive tīrunculī tīrunculōrum
dative tīrunculō tīrunculīs
accusative tīrunculum tīrunculōs
ablative tīrunculō tīrunculīs
vocative tīruncule tīrunculī

Derived terms

  • tīruncula

References

  • tirunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tirunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "tirunculus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tirunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tirunculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016