"fraterculus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Italic *frātēr Latin frāter Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin frāterculus From frāter + -culus. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|frāter|-culus|text=+|title=frāterculus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Italic *frātēr Latin frāter Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin frāterculus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*frātēr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "frāter", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kelos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "frāterculus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="frāterculus"> From frāter + -culus. Head templates: {{la-noun|frāterculus<2>}} frāterculus m (genitive frāterculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|frāterculus<2>}} Forms: frāterculus [canonical, masculine], frāterculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], frāterculus [nominative, singular], frāterculī [nominative, plural], frāterculī [genitive, singular], frāterculōrum [genitive, plural], frāterculō [dative, singular], frāterculīs [dative, plural], frāterculum [accusative, singular], frāterculōs [accusative, plural], frāterculō [ablative, singular], frāterculīs [ablative, plural], frātercule [singular, vocative], frāterculī [plural, vocative]
  1. diminutive of frāter (“brother; friend”)
    A little brother.     Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-fraterculus-la-noun-Dz9Xy-3L Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 59 41 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 59 41 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 66 34 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 60 40
  2. diminutive of frāter (“brother; friend”)
    A familiar appellation given to a friend.     Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-fraterculus-la-noun-sRfZ8zxw Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -culus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -culus: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frāterculō 
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