molliculus
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from mollis (“soft”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /molˈli.ku.lus/, [mɔlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
Adjective
molliculus (feminine mollicula, neuter molliculum); first/second declension
- soft, tender, delicate
- voluptuous
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | molliculus | mollicula | molliculum | molliculī | molliculae | mollicula | |
| Genitive | molliculī | molliculae | molliculī | molliculōrum | molliculārum | molliculōrum | |
| Dative | molliculō | molliculae | molliculō | molliculīs | molliculīs | molliculīs | |
| Accusative | molliculum | molliculam | molliculum | molliculōs | molliculās | mollicula | |
| Ablative | molliculō | molliculā | molliculō | molliculīs | molliculīs | molliculīs | |
| Vocative | mollicule | mollicula | molliculum | molliculī | molliculae | mollicula | |
Synonyms
- (soft): mollicellus, mollis
Related terms
- ēmolliō
- molle
- mollēscō
- mollicellus
- mollicīna
- mollicomus
- mollificō
- mollificus
- mollīmentum
- molliō
- mollis
- mollipēs
- molliter
- mollitia
- mollitōrius
- mollitūdō
- mollītus
- mollusca
- molluscum
- molluscus
References
- molliculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- molliculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- molliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- molliculus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray