porculus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive from porcus (“pig”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ku.lus/, [ˈpɔrkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ku.lus/, [ˈpɔrkulus]
Noun
[edit]porculus m (genitive porculī); second declension (diminutive of porcus)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | porculus | porculī |
| genitive | porculī | porculōrum |
| dative | porculō | porculīs |
| accusative | porculum | porculōs |
| ablative | porculō | porculīs |
| vocative | porcule | porculī |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Helophorus porculus, Uromys porculus
References
[edit]- “porculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- porculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.