callidulus

Latin

Etymology

From callidus +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

callidulus (feminine callidula, neuter callidulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. diminutive of callidus (“cunning, sly”)
    • c. 303 CE, Arnobius, Against the Pagans 2.68:
      et hunc similiter morem, non fraude callidula, et nominum ambiguitate mutastis?
      have you not, in like manner, changed this custom too, by means of cunning deceit and ambiguous names?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative callidulus callidula callidulum callidulī callidulae callidula
genitive callidulī callidulae callidulī callidulōrum callidulārum callidulōrum
dative callidulō callidulae callidulō callidulīs
accusative callidulum callidulam callidulum callidulōs callidulās callidula
ablative callidulō callidulā callidulō callidulīs
vocative callidule callidula callidulum callidulī callidulae callidula

References

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