punctulum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *punéǵti

Proto-Italic *pungō

Latin pungō

Latin pūnctus

Latin pūnctum

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin ulum

Latin pūnctulum

From pūnctum (“point”) + ulum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpuːŋk.tʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpuŋk.tu.lum]

Noun

pūnctulum n (genitive pūnctulī); second declension (diminutive of pūnctum)

1. small prick, point or spot

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pūnctulum	pūnctula
genitive	pūnctulī	pūnctulōrum
dative	pūnctulō	pūnctulīs
accusative	pūnctulum	pūnctula
ablative	pūnctulō	pūnctulīs
vocative	pūnctulum	pūnctula

Descendants

• English: punctule

References

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