digitulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ-
Proto-Italic *digitosder.
Latin digitus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin digitulus

    From digitus (“a finger, toe”) or -ulus (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    digitulus m (genitive digitulī); second declension

    1. a small finger
    2. (by extension) a bird's toe

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative digitulus digitulī
    genitive digitulī digitulōrum
    dative digitulō digitulīs
    accusative digitulum digitulōs
    ablative digitulō digitulīs
    vocative digitule digitulī

    Descendants

    • → English: digitule

    References

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