"-ulus" meaning in Latin

See -ulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /u.lus/ [Classical], [ʊɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical], /u.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ulus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-elos (whence Faliscan -𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔 (-elos)), from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *-lós. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *-ilaz and *-ulaz, whence no longer productive English -le (as in dimple and nozzle), Dutch -el, German -el. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-elos}} Proto-Italic *-elos, {{cog|xfa|-𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔}} Faliscan -𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔 (-elos), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-elós}} Proto-Indo-European *-elós, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-lós}} Proto-Indo-European *-lós, {{cog|gem-pro|*-ilaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ilaz, {{m|gem-pro|*-ulaz}} *-ulaz, {{cog|en|-le}} English -le, {{m|en|dimple}} dimple, {{m|en|nozzle}} nozzle, {{cog|nl|-el}} Dutch -el, {{cog|de|-el}} German -el Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ulus}} Forms: -ula [feminine], -ulum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ulus [masculine, nominative, singular], -ula [feminine, nominative, singular], -ulum [neuter, nominative, singular], -ulī [masculine, nominative, plural], -ulae [feminine, nominative, plural], -ula [neuter, nominative, plural], -ulī [genitive, masculine, singular], -ulae [feminine, genitive, singular], -ulī [genitive, neuter, singular], -ulōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], -ulārum [feminine, genitive, plural], -ulōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], -ulō [dative, masculine, singular], -ulae [dative, feminine, singular], -ulō [dative, neuter, singular], -ulīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ulum [accusative, masculine, singular], -ulam [accusative, feminine, singular], -ulum [accusative, neuter, singular], -ulōs [accusative, masculine, plural], -ulās [accusative, feminine, plural], -ula [accusative, neuter, plural], -ulō [ablative, masculine, singular], -ulā [ablative, feminine, singular], -ulō [ablative, neuter, singular], -ulīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ule [masculine, singular, vocative], -ula [feminine, singular, vocative], -ulum [neuter, singular, vocative], -ulī [masculine, plural, vocative], -ulae [feminine, plural, vocative], -ula [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth. Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--ulus-la-suffix-la:diminutive_noun
  2. Used to form a diminutive of an adjective with diminished effect, indicating “somewhat” or “-ish”. Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--ulus-la-suffix-la:diminutive_adjective
  3. Used to form an agent noun or adjective from a verb. Tags: declension-1, declension-2, morpheme, suffix
    Sense id: en--ulus-la-suffix-la:deverbal
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -olus (english: after a vowel), -lus Derived forms: -ellus, -illus, -uleus, -ullus (english: often on nouns ending in -r) Derived forms (-culus): -unculus (alt: originally, on nouns ending in -ō)
Disambiguation of '-culus': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "categories": [],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "alt": "originally, on nouns ending in -ō",
      "sense": "-culus",
      "word": "-unculus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 59",
      "word": "-ellus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 59",
      "word": "-illus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 59",
      "word": "-uleus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 59",
      "english": "often on nouns ending in -r",
      "word": "-ullus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ule",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -ule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -ule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "-ó",
            "3": "-oa"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: -ó, -oa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no longer productive"
          },
          "expansion": "(no longer productive)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: -ó, -oa (no longer productive)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "-ούλα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: -ούλα (-oúla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: -ούλα (-oúla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-olo",
            "3": "-ola"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -olo, -ola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -olo, -ola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "-ulu",
            "3": "-ula"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: -ulu, -ula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: -ulu, -ula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-uelo",
            "3": "-uela"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -uelo, -uela",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -uelo, -uela"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-elos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-elos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xfa",
        "2": "-𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔"
      },
      "expansion": "Faliscan -𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔 (-elos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-elós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-elós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-lós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-lós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ilaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ulaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ulaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-le"
      },
      "expansion": "English -le",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dimple"
      },
      "expansion": "dimple",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nozzle"
      },
      "expansion": "nozzle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -el",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "German -el",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *-elos (whence Faliscan -𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔 (-elos)), from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *-lós.\nCognate with Proto-Germanic *-ilaz and *-ulaz, whence no longer productive English -le (as in dimple and nozzle), Dutch -el, German -el.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ulus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth."
      ],
      "id": "en--ulus-la-suffix-la:diminutive_noun",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:diminutive noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form a diminutive of an adjective with diminished effect, indicating “somewhat” or “-ish”."
      ],
      "id": "en--ulus-la-suffix-la:diminutive_adjective",
      "senseid": [
        "la:diminutive adjective"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form an agent noun or adjective from a verb."
      ],
      "id": "en--ulus-la-suffix-la:deverbal",
      "senseid": [
        "la:deverbal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/u.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ulus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 59",
      "english": "after a vowel",
      "word": "-olus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "21 20 59",
      "word": "-lus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Michiel de Vaan"
  ],
  "word": "-ulus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
    "Latin diminutive suffixes",
    "Latin first and second declension suffixes",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin suffixes",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "originally, on nouns ending in -ō",
      "sense": "-culus",
      "word": "-unculus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ellus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-illus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-uleus"
    },
    {
      "english": "often on nouns ending in -r",
      "word": "-ullus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ule",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -ule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -ule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "-ó",
            "3": "-oa"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: -ó, -oa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no longer productive"
          },
          "expansion": "(no longer productive)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: -ó, -oa (no longer productive)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "-ούλα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: -ούλα (-oúla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: -ούλα (-oúla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-olo",
            "3": "-ola"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -olo, -ola",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -olo, -ola"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "-ulu",
            "3": "-ula"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: -ulu, -ula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: -ulu, -ula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-uelo",
            "3": "-uela"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -uelo, -uela",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -uelo, -uela"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-elos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-elos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xfa",
        "2": "-𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔"
      },
      "expansion": "Faliscan -𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔 (-elos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-elós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-elós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-lós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-lós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ilaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-ulaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ulaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-le"
      },
      "expansion": "English -le",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dimple"
      },
      "expansion": "dimple",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nozzle"
      },
      "expansion": "nozzle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -el",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-el"
      },
      "expansion": "German -el",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *-elos (whence Faliscan -𐌄𐌋𐌏𐌔 (-elos)), from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *-lós.\nCognate with Proto-Germanic *-ilaz and *-ulaz, whence no longer productive English -le (as in dimple and nozzle), Dutch -el, German -el.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ulae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ulus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:diminutive noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form a diminutive of an adjective with diminished effect, indicating “somewhat” or “-ish”."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:diminutive adjective"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form an agent noun or adjective from a verb."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "la:deverbal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/u.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ulus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "after a vowel",
      "word": "-olus"
    },
    {
      "word": "-lus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Michiel de Vaan"
  ],
  "word": "-ulus"
}

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