acidulus
Latin
Etymology
acidus + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈki.du.lus/, [äˈkɪd̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.du.lus/, [äˈt͡ʃiːd̪ulus]
Adjective
acidulus (feminine acidula, neuter acidulum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of acidus: somewhat sour, sourish, acidulous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | acidulus | acidula | acidulum | acidulī | acidulae | acidula | |
| Genitive | acidulī | acidulae | acidulī | acidulōrum | acidulārum | acidulōrum | |
| Dative | acidulō | acidulō | acidulīs | ||||
| Accusative | acidulum | acidulam | acidulum | acidulōs | acidulās | acidula | |
| Ablative | acidulō | acidulā | acidulō | acidulīs | |||
| Vocative | acidule | acidula | acidulum | acidulī | acidulae | acidula | |
Descendants
- From acidula
- Padanian:
- Piedmontese: asiula, azìgola, arzìvora, zìvola
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: oseglle, oselye, oseble
- Old French: osille, oisele
- French: oseille
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Occitan: auselha
- Padanian:
- Borrowings:
- → Italian: acidulo
- → Portuguese: acídulo
- → Spanish: acídulo
References
- “acidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acidulus 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)
- acidulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette