canticulum
Latin
Etymology
From canticum (“song or incantation”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix).
Noun
canticulum n (genitive canticulī); second declension
- Diminutive of canticum:
- a sonnet or little song
- a short incantation
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | canticulum | canticula |
Genitive | canticulī | canticulōrum |
Dative | canticulō | canticulīs |
Accusative | canticulum | canticula |
Ablative | canticulō | canticulīs |
Vocative | canticulum | canticula |
Descendants
- English: canticle
References
- “canticulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette