versiculus
English
Etymology
From Latin versiculus.
Noun
versiculus (plural versiculi)
- Synonym of versicle.
Latin
Etymology
From versus (“verse”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛrˈsɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [verˈsiː.ku.lus]
Noun
versiculus m (genitive versiculī); second declension
- short verse, single line (of prose or poetry)
- (in the plural) humble lines, unpretentious verses
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | versiculus | versiculī |
| genitive | versiculī | versiculōrum |
| dative | versiculō | versiculīs |
| accusative | versiculum | versiculōs |
| ablative | versiculō | versiculīs |
| vocative | versicule | versiculī |
Descendants
- → English: versicle, versiculus
- Italian: versicolo
- Old French: versicule
- → English: versicule
- → Portuguese: versículo
- → Spanish: versículo
- → Cebuano: bersikulo
References
- “versiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “versiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.