"pittus" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɪttʊs/ Forms: pitta [feminine], pittum [neuter], *piccus [alternative]
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small, little”). Alteration of -tt-/-cc- also possibly due to the influence of paucus (“few, little”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|cel-pro:*biggos<unc:1>|:influence|la:paucus<unc:1>}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "break", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*biggos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "paucus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "*pittus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="*pittus">, {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{bor|la|cel-pro|*biggos|t=small, little}} Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small, little”) Head templates: {{la-adj|*pittus}} *pittus (feminine *pitta, neuter *pittum); first/second-declension adjective, {{tlb|la|PR}} (Proto-Romance)
  1. small, little Tags: Proto-Romance, adjective, declension-1, declension-2, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-pittus-la-adj-~OPJa5AZ Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Proto-Romance Derived forms: pequeño [Spanish], piccinnu, pequeno [Galician], pequeno, puțin [Romanian], pucin [Romanian], pithinnu, pittinus, pitinnus (alt: + -inus) (english: merger with pauquinus), petit [French], petit [French, Middle], petit, petit [Catalan], pittitus (alt: + -itus), pitulus (alt: + -ulus) (english: merger with pauculus), pic [Romanian], piccus Derived forms (Italian): piccino, piccolo (english: small, little) Derived forms (Neapolitan (Ischitan)): píttə Derived forms (Occitan): pouninn [Gascon], Provençal: pechin, Provençal: picho Derived forms (Old French): petit Derived forms (Portuguese): pequeno Derived forms (Sicilian): pìcciulu (english: small; an ancient coin)
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      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "pic"
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain; possibly from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small, little”). Alteration of -tt-/-cc- also possibly due to the influence of paucus (“few, little”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pitta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pittum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
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    },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Latin/pittus",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "tags": [
            "Spanish"
          ],
          "word": "pequeño"
        },
        {
          "word": "piccinnu"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Galician"
          ],
          "word": "pequeno"
        },
        {
          "word": "pequeno"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Romanian"
          ],
          "word": "puțin"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Romanian"
          ],
          "word": "pucin"
        },
        {
          "word": "pithinnu"
        },
        {
          "word": "pittinus"
        },
        {
          "alt": "+ -inus",
          "english": "merger with pauquinus",
          "translation": "merger with pauquinus",
          "word": "pitinnus"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "French"
          ],
          "word": "petit"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "French",
            "Middle"
          ],
          "word": "petit"
        },
        {
          "word": "petit"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Catalan"
          ],
          "word": "petit"
        },
        {
          "alt": "+ -itus",
          "word": "pittitus"
        },
        {
          "alt": "+ -ulus",
          "english": "merger with pauculus",
          "translation": "merger with pauculus",
          "word": "pitulus"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Romanian"
          ],
          "word": "pic"
        },
        {
          "word": "piccus"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Italian",
          "word": "piccino"
        },
        {
          "english": "small, little",
          "sense": "Italian",
          "translation": "small, little",
          "word": "piccolo"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Occitan",
          "tags": [
            "Gascon"
          ],
          "word": "pouninn"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Occitan",
          "word": "Provençal: pechin"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Occitan",
          "word": "Provençal: picho"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Portuguese",
          "word": "pequeno"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Old French",
          "word": "petit"
        },
        {
          "english": "small; an ancient coin",
          "sense": "Sicilian",
          "translation": "small; an ancient coin",
          "word": "pìcciulu"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Neapolitan (Ischitan)",
          "word": "píttə"
        }
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        "small, little"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-1",
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪttʊs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pittus"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Spanish"
      ],
      "word": "pequeño"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Italian",
      "word": "piccino"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccinnu"
    },
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      "sense": "Occitan",
      "tags": [
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    },
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "pequeno"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Romanian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Romanian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "pithinnu"
    },
    {
      "word": "pittinus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "+ -inus",
      "english": "merger with pauquinus",
      "translation": "merger with pauquinus",
      "word": "pitinnus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "French"
      ],
      "word": "petit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "French",
        "Middle"
      ],
      "word": "petit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old French",
      "word": "petit"
    },
    {
      "word": "petit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Catalan"
      ],
      "word": "petit"
    },
    {
      "alt": "+ -itus",
      "word": "pittitus"
    },
    {
      "english": "small, little",
      "sense": "Italian",
      "translation": "small, little",
      "word": "piccolo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Occitan",
      "word": "Provençal: picho"
    },
    {
      "english": "small; an ancient coin",
      "sense": "Sicilian",
      "translation": "small; an ancient coin",
      "word": "pìcciulu"
    },
    {
      "alt": "+ -ulus",
      "english": "merger with pauculus",
      "translation": "merger with pauculus",
      "word": "pitulus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Romanian"
      ],
      "word": "pic"
    },
    {
      "word": "piccus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Neapolitan (Ischitan)",
      "word": "píttə"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "pic"
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Latin/pittus",
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        "Latin entries with etymon",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Proto-Celtic",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeg- (break)",
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          "small",
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          "little",
          "little"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪttʊs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pittus"
}

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