fericulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.

Latin ferus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin fericulus

From ferus (“wild”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

fericulus (feminine fericula, neuter fericulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of ferus; somewhat wild

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fericulus	fericula	fericulum		fericulī	fericulae	fericula
genitive	fericulī	fericulae	fericulī		fericulōrum	fericulārum	fericulōrum
dative	fericulō	fericulae	fericulō		fericulīs
accusative	fericulum	fericulam	fericulum		fericulōs	fericulās	fericula
ablative	fericulō	fericulā	fericulō		fericulīs
vocative	fericule	fericula	fericulum		fericulī	fericulae	fericula

References

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