"-culus" meaning in Latin

See -culus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ku.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [kʊɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ku.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [kulus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Rebracketing of diminutive suffix -ulus on nouns ending in -cus, used freely. However, Oscan zicolom (“day”, acc. sg.), from Proto-Italic *djēkelos, indicates that this suffix may be old and reconstructible to Proto-Italic *-kelos. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|-ulus>diminutive|id=diminutive}}, {{rebracketing|la}} Rebracketing, {{cog|osc|zicolom|pos=acc. sg.|t=day}} Oscan zicolom (“day”, acc. sg.), {{cog|itc-pro|*djēkelos}} Proto-Italic *djēkelos, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-kelos}} Proto-Italic *-kelos Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-culus}} Forms: -cula [feminine], -culum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -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 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin rebracketings, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin rebracketings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  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 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin rebracketings, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin rebracketings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -clus Derived forms: -unculus (alt: rebracketing)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  ],
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      "form": "-cula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "-culōrum",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-culō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-culōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culās",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-culō",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "-culā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cula",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ku.lus/",
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    },
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ku.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kulus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-clus"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "masculine",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-culōrum",
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        "genitive",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "dative",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    {
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    {
      "form": "-culam",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-culum",
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        "feminine",
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    {
      "form": "-cula",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-culā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "-cula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-culum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-culae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-cula",
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        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kulus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-clus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-culus"
}

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