"-culus" meaning in Latin

See -culus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ku.lus/ [Classical], [kʊɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical], /ku.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kulus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Rebracketing of diminutive suffix -ulus on nouns ending in -cus, used freely. Etymology templates: {{rebracketing|la}} Rebracketing, {{m|la|-ulus}} -ulus, {{m|la|-cus}} -cus Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-culus}} Forms: -cula [feminine], -culum [neuter], -culus [masculine, nominative, singular], -cula [feminine, nominative, singular], -culum [neuter, nominative, singular], -culī [masculine, nominative, plural], -culae [feminine, nominative, plural], -cula [neuter, nominative, plural], -culī [genitive, masculine, singular], -culae [feminine, genitive, singular], -culī [genitive, neuter, singular], -culōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -culārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -culōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -culō [dative, masculine, singular], -culae [dative, feminine, singular], -culō [dative, neuter, singular], -culīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -culum [accusative, masculine, singular], -culam [accusative, feminine, singular], -culum [accusative, neuter, singular], -culōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -culās [accusative, feminine, plural], -cula [accusative, neuter, plural], -culō [ablative, masculine, singular], -culā [ablative, feminine, singular], -culō [ablative, neuter, singular], -culīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -cule [masculine, singular, vocative], -cula [feminine, singular, vocative], -culum [neuter, singular, vocative], -culī [masculine, plural, vocative], -culae [feminine, plural, vocative], -cula [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. Alternative form of -ulus
    added to a noun to form a diminutive of that noun.
    Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--culus-la-suffix-KwTL3fJQ
  2. Alternative form of -ulus
    added to an adjective to form a diminutive of that adjective.
    Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--culus-la-suffix-2o0yPArw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -clus Derived forms: -unculus (alt: rebracketing)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
    "Latin first and second declension suffixes",
    "Latin lemmas",
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-culae",
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    {
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
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