statunculum
Latin
Etymology
From statua (“statue”) + -unculum (diminutive suffix). An irregularly formed diminutive in several ways: the ending -unculus was rarely used as a suffix, more often appearing when the diminutive suffix -culus is added to a stem ending in /n/, and the gender of a Latin diminutive usually is the same as that of the base word, but in this case changes from feminine to neuter.
Noun
statunculum n (genitive statunculī); second declension
- Diminutive of statua (“statue”): small statue, statuette
- Synonyms: staticulum, sigillum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | statunculum | statuncula |
| Genitive | statunculī | statunculōrum |
| Dative | statunculō | statunculīs |
| Accusative | statunculum | statuncula |
| Ablative | statunculō | statunculīs |
| Vocative | statunculum | statuncula |
References
- “statunculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- statunculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.