peniculus
See also: Peniculus
Latin
Etymology
A diminutive form of pēnis (“a tail”, anatomy “the penis”), formed as pēni(s) + -culus (suffix forming diminutives), so, literally, “a little tail” or "a little penis".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peːˈni.ku.lus/, [peːˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈni.ku.lus/, [peˈniːkulus]
Proper noun
pēniculus m (genitive pēniculī); second declension
- a brush [for removing dust] (for which ox-tails and horse-tails were used)
- a sponge (a soft kind used for medical purposes)
- a painter’s brush or pencil
- (perhaps, in an ambiguous sense) penis, membrum virile
- (Medieval Latin) a scourge (kind of whip)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pēniculus | pēniculī |
| Genitive | pēniculī | pēniculōrum |
| Dative | pēniculō | pēniculīs |
| Accusative | pēniculum | pēniculōs |
| Ablative | pēniculō | pēniculīs |
| Vocative | pēnicule | pēniculī |
Derived terms
- pēnicillum
- pēniculāmentum
References
- “pēnĭcŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “peniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- peniculus 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)
- pēnĭcŭlus 1 pēnĭcŭlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,137/1
- “peniculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 783/1, “peniculus”