breviculus

Latin

Etymology

From brevis (“short”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /breˈu̯i.ku.lus/, [breˈu̯ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /breˈvi.ku.lus/, [breˈviːkulus]

Adjective

breviculus (feminine brevicula, neuter breviculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Diminutive of brevis (“short”): somewhat short, a little short
   • c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 3.4.638–640:

     Ego dīcam tibi: / cānum, vārum, ventriōsum, bucculentum, breviculum, / subnigrīs oculīs, oblongīs mālīs, pānsam aliquantulum.

     I shall tell you: / grey-haired, bow-legged, pot-bellied, wide-mouthed, a little short, / with blackish eyes, with longish jaws, a somewhat broad-footed man.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	breviculus	brevicula	breviculum		breviculī	breviculae	brevicula
Genitive	breviculī	breviculae	breviculī		breviculōrum	breviculārum	breviculōrum
Dative	breviculō		breviculō		breviculīs
Accusative	breviculum	breviculam	breviculum		breviculōs	breviculās	brevicula
Ablative	breviculō	breviculā	breviculō		breviculīs
Vocative	brevicule	brevicula	breviculum		breviculī	breviculae	brevicula

References

• “breviculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• breviculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.