puerculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂weros

Proto-Italic *puweros

Latin puer

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin puerculus

From puer (“child, boy”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puerculus m (genitive puerculī); second declension

1. diminutive of puer: a small boy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	puerculus	puerculī
genitive	puerculī	puerculōrum
dative	puerculō	puerculīs
accusative	puerculum	puerculōs
ablative	puerculō	puerculīs
vocative	puercule	puerculī

References

• “puerculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “puerculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• puerculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016