contiuncula

Latin

Etymology

cōntiō (“speech before a public assembly”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koːn.tiˈun.ku.la/, [koːn̪t̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [kont̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

cōntiuncula f (genitive cōntiunculae); first declension

  1. (rare) a short harangue or speech

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōntiuncula cōntiunculae
Genitive cōntiunculae cōntiunculārum
Dative cōntiunculae cōntiunculīs
Accusative cōntiunculam cōntiunculās
Ablative cōntiunculā cōntiunculīs
Vocative cōntiuncula cōntiunculae

References
  • “contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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