"somniculus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [sɔmˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [somˈniː.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin somnus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin somniculus From somnus (“sleep”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|somnus<t:sleep>|-culus<pos:diminutive suffix>|text=+|title=somniculus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin somnus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin somniculus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|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", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "somniculus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="somniculus"> From somnus (“sleep”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|somniculus<2>}} somniculus m (genitive somniculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|somniculus<2>}} Forms: somniculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], somniculus [nominative, singular], somniculī [nominative, plural], somniculī [genitive, singular], somniculōrum [genitive, plural], somniculō [dative, singular], somniculīs [dative, plural], somniculum [accusative, singular], somniculōs [accusative, plural], somniculō [ablative, singular], somniculīs [ablative, plural], somnicule [singular, vocative], somniculī [plural, vocative]
  1. a little sleep. Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: somniculōsus
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