parvulus
Latin
Alternative forms
- parvolus (normal Republican spelling)
Etymology
parvus + -ulus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.u̯u.lus/, [ˈpäru̯ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.vu.lus/, [ˈpärvulus]
Adjective
parvulus (feminine parvula, neuter parvulum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of parvus
- (of size) little, tiny, petty
- (of degree, extent, value, importance) slight, unimportant
- young, tender of years
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | parvulus | parvula | parvulum | parvulī | parvulae | parvula | |
| Genitive | parvulī | parvulae | parvulī | parvulōrum | parvulārum | parvulōrum | |
| Dative | parvulō | parvulō | parvulīs | ||||
| Accusative | parvulum | parvulam | parvulum | parvulōs | parvulās | parvula | |
| Ablative | parvulō | parvulā | parvulō | parvulīs | |||
| Vocative | parvule | parvula | parvulum | parvulī | parvulae | parvula | |
Noun
parvulus m (genitive parvulī); second declension
- little one, infant, child
- ā parvulō ― from infancy, early childhood
- Synonyms: ā puerō, ā puerīs, ā tenerīs (unguiculīs), dē tenerō unguī
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | parvulus | parvulī |
| Genitive | parvulī | parvulōrum |
| Dative | parvulō | parvulīs |
| Accusative | parvulum | parvulōs |
| Ablative | parvulō | parvulīs |
| Vocative | parvule | parvulī |
Descendants
- Italian: parvolo, pargolo
- Portuguese: párvulo
- Spanish: párvulo
References
- “paruulus” on page 1436 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
- “parvulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parvulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- parvulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)
- from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)