"petulcus" meaning in Latin

See petulcus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [pɛˈtʊɫ.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [peˈtul.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps from *petulō + -cus, from petō; compare petulāns and hiulcus. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{af|la|-cus}} -cus Head templates: {{la-adj|petulcus}} petulcus (feminine petulca, neuter petulcum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|petulcus}} Forms: petulca [feminine], petulcum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], petulcus [masculine, nominative, singular], petulca [feminine, nominative, singular], petulcum [neuter, nominative, singular], petulcī [masculine, nominative, plural], petulcae [feminine, nominative, plural], petulca [neuter, nominative, plural], petulcī [genitive, masculine, singular], petulcae [feminine, genitive, singular], petulcī [genitive, neuter, singular], petulcōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], petulcārum [feminine, genitive, plural], petulcōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], petulcō [dative, masculine, singular], petulcae [dative, feminine, singular], petulcō [dative, neuter, singular], petulcīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], petulcum [accusative, masculine, singular], petulcam [accusative, feminine, singular], petulcum [accusative, neuter, singular], petulcōs [accusative, masculine, plural], petulcās [accusative, feminine, plural], petulca [accusative, neuter, plural], petulcō [ablative, masculine, singular], petulcā [ablative, feminine, singular], petulcō [ablative, neuter, singular], petulcīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], petulce [masculine, singular, vocative], petulca [feminine, singular, vocative], petulcum [neuter, singular, vocative], petulcī [masculine, plural, vocative], petulcae [feminine, plural, vocative], petulca [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. butting (of horns or head) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-petulcus-la-adj-3nC~~f26 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -cus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -cus: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. wanton, frisky Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-petulcus-la-adj-UbENrMdw
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      },
      "expansion": "petulcus (feminine petulca, neuter petulcum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "petulcus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "butting (of horns or head)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "butting",
          "butting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wanton, frisky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wanton",
          "wanton"
        ],
        [
          "frisky",
          "frisky"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛˈtʊɫ.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[peˈtul.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "petulcus"
}

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