lepusculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of lepus +‎ -culus

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /leˈpus.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪ɛˈpʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈpus.ku.lus/, [leˈpuskulus]

Noun

lepusculus m (genitive lepusculī); second declension

  1. A young hare, leveret

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lepusculus lepusculī
Genitive lepusculī lepusculōrum
Dative lepusculō lepusculīs
Accusative lepusculum lepusculōs
Ablative lepusculō lepusculīs
Vocative lepuscule lepusculī

References
  • “lepusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lepusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lepusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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