porcellus
Latin
Etymology
From porcus (“pig”) + -lus.
Noun
porcellus m (genitive porcellī); second declension
- (Late Latin) piglet
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | porcellus | porcellī |
| Genitive | porcellī | porcellōrum |
| Dative | porcellō | porcellīs |
| Accusative | porcellum | porcellōs |
| Ablative | porcellō | porcellīs |
| Vocative | porcelle | porcellī |
Derived terms
- porcella
Related terms
- porcus
Descendants
- Aromanian: purtsel
- Catalan: porcell
- → Spanish: porcel
- Emilian: purzèl
- French: pourceau
- Italian: porcello
- Ladin: porcel
- Occitan: porcèl
- Romanian: purcel
- Romansch: purschè, purschel
- Sardinian: porcedhu, porchedhu, portzedhu, procedhu, purchedhu
- Sicilian: purceddu
- Venetian: porseƚo, porselo, porsèl, porzèl
- Walloon: pourcea
- → Welsh: porchell
References
- porcellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- porcellus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- porcellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette