-usculus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncommon variant of the diminutive suffix -culus (itself from -ulus), formed by rebracketing of diminutives derived from original s-stem nouns (such as opusculum from opus, operis n).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈus.ku.lus/, [ˈʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈus.ku.lus/, [ˈuskulus]
Suffix[edit]
-usculus (feminine -uscula, neuter -usculum); first/second-declension suffix
- Suffix forming diminutive forms of nouns, ultimately an extended form of -ulus.
- herba (“plant, herb”) → herbuscula (“little plant”)
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -usculus | -uscula | -usculum | -usculī | -usculae | -uscula | |
| Genitive | -usculī | -usculae | -usculī | -usculōrum | -usculārum | -usculōrum | |
| Dative | -usculō | -usculō | -usculīs | ||||
| Accusative | -usculum | -usculam | -usculum | -usculōs | -usculās | -uscula | |
| Ablative | -usculō | -usculā | -usculō | -usculīs | |||
| Vocative | -uscule | -uscula | -usculum | -usculī | -usculae | -uscula | |