"ranunculus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [raːˈnʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [raˈnuŋ.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From rāna (“frog”) + -unculus (diminutive suffix). An irregularly formed diminutive in several ways: the ending -unculus was rarely used as a suffix, more often appearing when the diminutive suffix -culus is added to a stem ending in /n/, and the gender of a Latin diminutive usually is the same as that of the base word, but in this case changes from feminine to masculine. See also rānula, another diminutive from rāna. Compare typologically Ancient Greek βατράχιον (batrákhion) (diminutive of βάτραχος (bátrakhos)). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|rāna|unculus|gloss1=frog|pos2=diminutive suffix}} rāna (“frog”) + -unculus (diminutive suffix), {{m+|grc|βατράχιον}} Ancient Greek βατράχιον (batrákhion) Head templates: {{la-noun|rānunculus<2>}} rānunculus m (genitive rānunculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|rānunculus<2>}} Forms: rānunculus [canonical, masculine], rānunculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], rānunculus [nominative, singular], rānunculī [nominative, plural], rānunculī [genitive, singular], rānunculōrum [genitive, plural], rānunculō [dative, singular], rānunculīs [dative, plural], rānunculum [accusative, singular], rānunculōs [accusative, plural], rānunculō [ablative, singular], rānunculīs [ablative, plural], rānuncule [singular, vocative], rānunculī [plural, vocative]
  1. a little frog, polliwog, tadpole Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-ranunculus-la-noun-Ftxr5a~y Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Amphibians, Baby animals Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 61 39 Disambiguation of Amphibians: 48 52 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 59 41
  2. buttercup, crowfoot (Ranunculus) Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-ranunculus-la-noun-GALt-hFH Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -unculus, Amphibians, Buttercup family plants, Flowers Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 36 9 13 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -unculus: 37 63 Disambiguation of Amphibians: 48 52 Disambiguation of Buttercup family plants: 2 98 Disambiguation of Flowers: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rāna, rānula 
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