igniculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís

Proto-Italic *engʷnis

Latin ignis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin igniculus

From ignis + -culus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

igniculus m (genitive igniculī); second declension (Diminutive of: ignis)

1. diminutive of ignis: small fire or flame; spark

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	igniculus	igniculī
genitive	igniculī	igniculōrum
dative	igniculō	igniculīs
accusative	igniculum	igniculōs
ablative	igniculō	igniculīs
vocative	ignicule	igniculī

References

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