"maiusculus" meaning in Latin

See maiusculus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [majˈjʊs.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [maˈjus.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From maior (“more, greater”) + -culus (diminutive suffix) (built on the originally s-final stem of the adjective, attested also in the neuter nominative singular form maius). Etymology templates: {{affix|la|maior|-culus|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=more, greater}} maior (“more, greater”) + -culus (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-adj|maiusculus}} maiusculus (feminine maiuscula, neuter maiusculum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|maiusculus}} Forms: maiuscula [feminine], maiusculum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], maiusculus [masculine, nominative, singular], maiuscula [feminine, nominative, singular], maiusculum [neuter, nominative, singular], maiusculī [masculine, nominative, plural], maiusculae [feminine, nominative, plural], maiuscula [neuter, nominative, plural], maiusculī [genitive, masculine, singular], maiusculae [feminine, genitive, singular], maiusculī [genitive, neuter, singular], maiusculōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], maiusculārum [feminine, genitive, plural], maiusculōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], maiusculō [dative, masculine, singular], maiusculae [dative, feminine, singular], maiusculō [dative, neuter, singular], maiusculīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], maiusculum [accusative, masculine, singular], maiusculam [accusative, feminine, singular], maiusculum [accusative, neuter, singular], maiusculōs [accusative, masculine, plural], maiusculās [accusative, feminine, plural], maiuscula [accusative, neuter, plural], maiusculō [ablative, masculine, singular], maiusculā [ablative, feminine, singular], maiusculō [ablative, neuter, singular], maiusculīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], maiuscule [masculine, singular, vocative], maiuscula [feminine, singular, vocative], maiusculum [neuter, singular, vocative], maiusculī [masculine, plural, vocative], maiusculae [feminine, plural, vocative], maiuscula [neuter, plural, vocative], majusculus [alternative]
  1. diminutive of maior: somewhat greater, larger or older Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, diminutive, form-of Form of: maior (extra: somewhat greater, larger or older)

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "majúscul"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "majuscule"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "maiuscule"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "majuscule"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maiuscolo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maiuscola"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maiúsculo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "majuscul"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "mayúsculo"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "maiusculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculōrum",
          "maiusculorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculārum",
          "maiuscularum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculōrum",
          "maiusculorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculīs",
          "maiusculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculōs",
          "maiusculos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculās",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculās",
          "maiusculas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculā",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculā",
          "maiuscula#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculīs",
          "maiusculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "majusculus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maiusculus"
      },
      "expansion": "maiusculus (feminine maiuscula, neuter maiusculum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maiusculus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "somewhat greater, larger or older",
          "word": "maior"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of maior: somewhat greater, larger or older"
      ],
      "id": "en-maiusculus-la-adj-WvJsBj63",
      "links": [
        [
          "maior",
          "maior#Latin"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "larger",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[majˈjʊs.kʊ.ɫʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈjus.ku.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maiusculus"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "majúscul"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "maiuscule"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "majuscule"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maiuscolo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maiuscola"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "maiúsculo"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "ro",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculī",
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        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculōrum",
          "maiusculorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculārum",
          "maiuscularum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculōrum",
          "maiusculorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculīs",
          "maiusculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculōs",
          "maiusculos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculās",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculās",
          "maiusculas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculā",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculā",
          "maiuscula#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculō",
          "maiusculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculīs",
          "maiusculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiusculī",
          "maiusculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiusculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maiuscula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "majusculus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maiusculus"
      },
      "expansion": "maiusculus (feminine maiuscula, neuter maiusculum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maiusculus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin diminutive adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "somewhat greater, larger or older",
          "word": "maior"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of maior: somewhat greater, larger or older"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maior",
          "maior#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "greater",
          "greater"
        ],
        [
          "larger",
          "larger"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[majˈjʊs.kʊ.ɫʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[maˈjus.ku.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maiusculus"
}

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