argutulus

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus

Proto-Italic *argusder.?

Latin arguō

Latin argūtus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin argūtulus

From argūtus (“eloquent, witty”) + -ulus (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [arˈɡuː.tʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈɡuː.tu.lus]

Adjective

argūtulus (feminine argūtula, neuter argūtulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of argūtus
   1. a little talkative
   2. somewhat subtle

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	argūtulus	argūtula	argūtulum		argūtulī	argūtulae	argūtula
genitive	argūtulī	argūtulae	argūtulī		argūtulōrum	argūtulārum	argūtulōrum
dative	argūtulō	argūtulae	argūtulō		argūtulīs
accusative	argūtulum	argūtulam	argūtulum		argūtulōs	argūtulās	argūtula
ablative	argūtulō	argūtulā	argūtulō		argūtulīs
vocative	argūtule	argūtula	argūtulum		argūtulī	argūtulae	argūtula

References

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