petilus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-. Cognates include Latin pateō, patulus, and Ancient Greek πετάννυμι (petánnumi).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ti.lus/, [ˈpɛt̪ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.ti.lus/, [ˈpɛːt̪ilus]
Adjective
petilus (feminine petila, neuter petilum); first/second-declension adjective
- thin, slender
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | petilus | petila | petilum | petilī | petilae | petila | |
| Genitive | petilī | petilae | petilī | petilōrum | petilārum | petilōrum | |
| Dative | petilō | petilō | petilīs | ||||
| Accusative | petilum | petilam | petilum | petilōs | petilās | petila | |
| Ablative | petilō | petilā | petilō | petilīs | |||
| Vocative | petile | petila | petilum | petilī | petilae | petila | |
Synonyms
- gracilis
- macer
- rallus
- scutilus
- strigōsus
- tenuis
References
- “petilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “petilus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 297