canticulum

Latin

Etymology

From canticum (“song or incantation”) +‎ -ulum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

canticulum n (genitive canticulī); second declension

  1. Diminutive of canticum:
    1. a sonnet or little song
    2. a short incantation

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canticulum canticula
Genitive canticulī canticulōrum
Dative canticulō canticulīs
Accusative canticulum canticula
Ablative canticulō canticulīs
Vocative canticulum canticula

Descendants
  • English: canticle

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