dicaculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin dīcō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Latin dicāx

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin dicāculus

From dicāx (“sarcastic, witty”) + -ulus (forms diminutive forms of adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪˈkaː.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [diˈkaː.ku.lus]

Adjective

dicāculus (feminine dicācula, neuter dicāculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. talkative, loquacious
2. (rare) facetious, witty

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dicāculus	dicācula	dicāculum		dicāculī	dicāculae	dicācula
genitive	dicāculī	dicāculae	dicāculī		dicāculōrum	dicāculārum	dicāculōrum
dative	dicāculō	dicāculae	dicāculō		dicāculīs
accusative	dicāculum	dicāculam	dicāculum		dicāculōs	dicāculās	dicācula
ablative	dicāculō	dicāculā	dicāculō		dicāculīs
vocative	dicācule	dicācula	dicāculum		dicāculī	dicāculae	dicācula

References

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