plusculus
Latin
Etymology
From plūs + -culus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplus.ku.lus/, [ˈpɫ̪ʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplus.ku.lus/, [ˈpluskulus]
Adjective
plusculus (feminine pluscula, neuter plusculum); first/second-declension adjective
- a somewhat larger amount of, a little extra
- a largish amount of, quite a lot of
- (plural) a fairly large number of, several
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | plusculus | pluscula | plusculum | plusculī | plusculae | pluscula | |
| Genitive | plusculī | plusculae | plusculī | plusculōrum | plusculārum | plusculōrum | |
| Dative | plusculō | plusculō | plusculīs | ||||
| Accusative | plusculum | plusculam | plusculum | plusculōs | plusculās | pluscula | |
| Ablative | plusculō | plusculā | plusculō | plusculīs | |||
| Vocative | pluscule | pluscula | plusculum | plusculī | plusculae | pluscula | |
References
- “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “plusculus” on page 1534 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)