sermunculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin sermō, sermōnis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin sermunculus

    From sermō, sermōnis + -culus.

    Noun

    sermunculus m (genitive sermunculī); second declension (Diminutive of: sermō)

    1. rumour
    2. tittle-tattle

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sermunculus sermunculī
    genitive sermunculī sermunculōrum
    dative sermunculō sermunculīs
    accusative sermunculum sermunculōs
    ablative sermunculō sermunculīs
    vocative sermuncule sermunculī

    References

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