porculus
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from porcus (“pig”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.kʊ.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.ku.lus]
Noun
porculus m (genitive porculī); second declension (diminutive of porcus)
Declension
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
Descendants
- Translingual: Helophorus porculus, Uromys porculus
References
- “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.